Nice cheap upgrade for those with lower bars

[Nessism]

Installed Daytona bars on my 850 which are several inches lower than the stock G bars. Was able to reroute the cables but they just don't lay in the bike as nicely as before due to excess length.

Installed the clutch cable from a 1000S (P/N 58200-49011) and throttle cable from a 550M (P/N 58300-47701). Both these bikes have lower bars from stock so the cables fit perfectly.

My stock cables only have 4000 miles on them so they are in good shape but with the new cables the clutch pull was significantly improved - lower hand effort. Throttle was not a whole lot different but seemed to snap back to the stop more quickly and smoothly.

Nice improvement for cheap - about $30 total.

[TheCafeKid]

Installed Daytona bars on my 850 which are several inches lower than the stock G bars. Was able to reroute the cables but they just don't lay in the bike as nicely as before due to excess length.

Installed the clutch cable from a 1000S (P/N 58200-49011) and throttle cable from a 550M (P/N 58300-47701). Both these bikes have lower bars from stock so the cables fit perfectly.

My stock cables only have 4000 miles on them so they are in good shape but with the new cables the clutch pull was significantly improved - lower hand effort. Throttle was not a whole lot different but seemed to snap back to the stop more quickly and smoothly.

Nice improvement for cheap - about $30 total.

nice info Ed! thanks for that. Ive often wondered which cables i would really need for my cafe. Its bars are obviously lower than daytonas, but not too much. The stock cables i was able to use, but they are all over the place and have too much excess about. Thanks for the tip

[parkerpaxton5]

Bump for me to find this more easily in the morning.

[salty_monk]

Wonder what the throttle cable equivalent for the twin throttle cable VM26 models would be....

Maybe 2 of these cables would work. Anyone done it?

[Nessism]

Wonder what the throttle cable equivalent for the twin throttle cable VM26 models would be....

Maybe 2 of these cables would work. Anyone done it?

Dan,

Look up the 1979 GS1000SN throttle cables. That bike had low bars and VM carbs.