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Wiper lamps ( oh...switzerland ) but what is a wiper lamp?
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Field-repairing a broken clutch cable: Cable ends
- Thread starter roeme
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Or maintain the cable occasionally and never break one again.
Typo/Autocorrect; winker, i.e. indicator / turn signal / blinker / flasher / whatever they're called in your country
When Mr Fujimoto assembled that cable on a Friday afternoon, or a Monday morning, did he have good day? I'd like to know, so that I may be assured the end will never fatigue off through faulty manufacturing.
Belt and braces; nothing wrong with principle of carrying some bits - I'm having a tin of cable spares on every bike from now on.
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My cables are pretty new, but just for peace of mind I'm looking at this repair kit. https://www.ebay.com/itm/144403805692 What do you think?
I've never repaired a cable, but have had them snap, fortunately close to home. I don't want to carry a bunch of spares and this seems pretty versatile.
That's what I've got. It came in a tin, so doesn't take up any room worth mentioning. If you have space for a toolkit (and every bike used to, especially our vintage), you can finagle the tin in, too.
I replaced the throttle and clutch cables last year with new OEM just because they were 40 years old but not frayed at all. The old ones live in the bottom of my tank bag along with some lengths of fuel line and vacuum line. Just in case.
And guess what, as soon as you pack a spare they never break again
I broke a clutch cable on a Z650 forty years ago, a hundred miles to run in the rain.
It was all open road so it wasn't any bother, more of a nuisance.
Bike was less than two years old with about twenty thousand on the clock.
Stopped for a coffee and the shop had a note on the door, No Bikers Served.
Not being in the mood for that carry on, I went in.
This kid about fifteen, bravely tried to enforce the company line.
I told him that it was okay. I was an astronaut and had just landed out back.
Her seemed happy enough with that and the astronaut with his white Shoei S-12 got served
Thank you. I asked because the one you linked to a while back has slightly different fittings than this one. Since I've never repaired a cable I wasn't sure if one style was more desireable than the other.
I've carried spares just in case, but the KLR snapped one a few blocks from home. It shifted just fine without the clutch as well, though I may have made a couple quick turns to avoid stopping. Fortunately it just coasted into my garage.
On another note, having a repair kit as opposed to GS cables could potentially help out a fellow rider who's in a real bind.
