Throttle Tube aarrgghh I broke it

[Russ' GS1000E]

R1 throttle tube

So where are the reports guys????

And isn't the R1 throttle by wire?


BTW, just broke my GS throttle tube too.

[mriddle]

I did the R1 tube on my 83 GS1100E and love it.

[Steve]

And isn't the R1 throttle by wire?

Yeah, it is, but it's not an electrical wire, it's just a hunk of stainless that pulls on the pulley that is mounted on the throttle shaft.

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[Baatfam]

I did the R1 tube on my 83 GS1100E and love it.

Ditto....did mine over a month ago and it is great....

[Mr Toga]

Broke the connector on my throttle tube on Sunday. Suzuki doesn't make the connectors so had to shell out $20 for an entire new cable.

[Turtleface]

Just replaced my grips with some progrip gels, and noticed the throttle tube is sort of fluted. Is the r1 tube smooth on the outside? Can't really get this grip to stick on the presumably stock throttle tube.

[D-VO]

Broke the connector on my throttle tube on Sunday. Suzuki doesn't make the connectors so had to shell out $20 for an entire new cable.

You're from Crystal Lake? Small world, my parents live there, maybe we'll go ride when I have to bring the bike back to their house to store for the winter.

Still waiting on my throttle tube from Ron Ayers... they are slow as fvck, not worth the $4 I saved.

[dlanes]

I replaced my tube with one from an R1. I had to shave it down slightly to get it to fit, but it works great. You'll need R1 grips as well as it's about 1/2" longer. BTW until I got the new tube I used a dirtbike tube with only one of the cables.

[D-VO]

I replaced my tube with one from an R1. I had to shave it down slightly to get it to fit, but it works great. You'll need R1 grips as well as it's about 1/2" longer. BTW until I got the new tube I used a dirtbike tube with only one of the cables.

Couldn't I just take a bandsaw/jigsaw to it and shave 1/2" off the end of the tube before I put the grips on?

[katman]

could someone be more specific on why the R1 throttle is better than the Suzi?

[D-VO]

could someone be more specific on why the R1 throttle is better than the Suzi?

The cables attach onto the tube just the same as the stock one, however, the radius of the throttle tube is larger on the Yamaha than the Suzuki, meaning that when you twist the throttle tube, the cables travel a farther distance over the same amount of twist, same as if you took a piece of string and wrapped it around a pencil vs a waterbottle, the waterbottle takes less wraps to use up the string. Extreme case but you probably get the point.

So instead of
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[katman]

kool, I get it.

[dlanes]

Couldn't I just take a bandsaw/jigsaw to it and shave 1/2" off the end of the tube before I put the grips on?

Yah, you could do that, but I didn't want to cut the end.

[D-VO]

kool, I get it.

Cool

Yah, you could do that, but I didn't want to cut the end.

Yeah, words can not express how little I care about the end of the throttle tube that the grip sits on. My new bars (superbike) are narrower anyways, so it may be to my advantage to cut it a little bit.

UPS says it's out for delivery... hopefully the weather holds out and I can do this tonight!

[dlanes]

Actually thats the bar I am using now, I had to get rid of the dirt bike handle bars. The superbike bars sit a bit lower and are a little shorter, but looks so much better.