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Got my new cables in the mail, and here are the results.
Throttle cable is about 7-7.5" shorter. This is the motion pro one for a 82 GS550M. I installed it and it worked out great, if just a tad tight. For a minute I thought it might be too short but it worked out prefectly.
I also got a clutch cable, pictured in my previous post. This one was off an 83 GS650M. I was surprised to find that it was only about 3.5" shorter than mine
I was a little bummed about this because I'm not sure if that's enough to make a difference... I don't think it will be able to follow the stock routing. So for now I am leaving the stock one on to see if I can deal with it. It's OK but definitely rubs a bit when you route it to the right of the steering stem like I have it now.
For the choke, I used the stock one and re-routed it around the right side of the steering stem, through the right frame cover, and down. There's still a bit of slack up front but it doesn't affect functionality.
I tested the throttle through the full range of steering and couldn't feel any issues.
Now, if I could just take care of these broken exhaust bolts and get my new exhaust on so I could RIDE. But that's another thread entirely.
Throttle cable is about 7-7.5" shorter. This is the motion pro one for a 82 GS550M. I installed it and it worked out great, if just a tad tight. For a minute I thought it might be too short but it worked out prefectly.
I also got a clutch cable, pictured in my previous post. This one was off an 83 GS650M. I was surprised to find that it was only about 3.5" shorter than mine
I was a little bummed about this because I'm not sure if that's enough to make a difference... I don't think it will be able to follow the stock routing. So for now I am leaving the stock one on to see if I can deal with it. It's OK but definitely rubs a bit when you route it to the right of the steering stem like I have it now.
For the choke, I used the stock one and re-routed it around the right side of the steering stem, through the right frame cover, and down. There's still a bit of slack up front but it doesn't affect functionality.
I tested the throttle through the full range of steering and couldn't feel any issues.
Now, if I could just take care of these broken exhaust bolts and get my new exhaust on so I could RIDE. But that's another thread entirely.
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