Piece of Throttle Tube Gone

[jaypro55]

I'm so excited about getting my bike all tuned up for the new riding season. I bought some premix today, checked all my tire pressures, cleaned my plug did some of the basics to get the bike ready slowly for the first ride. Well last week I fixed my problem with the throttle not returning right away, just had some dirt on the handlebar there so I cleaned her up and put some vaseline on it like I was told to do here. Well the grip was loose so I rolled it off today and found out that the end piece of the plastic throttle tube had cracked. I tried pulling it back out and it ended up breaking off. The rest of the tube is perfect, no cracks or anything so I just glued it up and stuck the grip back on. This shouldn't cause any problems should it? I mean other than if I do wreck it's going to get some dirt up in that throttle tube but other than that it won't present a major problem right?

 

[Rcannon]

This sounds dumb, but toss a nickel in the end of the grip, then slide it on. It works really well...You cannot use five pennies, It has to be a nickel. The diameter is perfect.

 

[bscottr]

Originally posted by Rcannon
You cannot use five pennies,

LMAO! :)

I clean my bar and throttle tube well and put the tube on dry. I'm concerned the sand/dirt is more likely to stick to any lubricant between the bar and tube than it would dry. The qualifier is that I run barkbusters so the throttle tube is more exposed than that of a closed bar end.

 

[Rcannon]

I hear a dime cut in half also gives less than ideal perfoemance...

 

[jaypro55]

I was thinking that same thing the nickel idea. Only thing is I already glued the grip on but I should be able to do the same by just sliding it down into the throttle tube. I'm going to mess around with it today so I'll see what happens.

 

[Pantaz]

Originally posted by bscottr
I clean my bar and throttle tube well and put the tube on dry. I'm concerned the sand/dirt is more likely to stick to any lubricant between the bar and tube than it would dry. The qualifier is that I run barkbusters so the throttle tube is more exposed than that of a closed bar end. [/B]

I use Dri Slide Bike Aid dry film lube. It goes on wet, but evaporates to leave a film of dry moly lubricant. Works great on lever pivots, too.