Triumphrat

Arrybash

Thought I would commute to work on the tiger today as the weather was due to be reasonable.

Its a 37mile blast down the motorway and at 7 in the morning it can be cold at this time of the year.

Yippee for heated handle bar grips.

However after about half an hour, I noticed the throttle was not returning when I released it, it needed to be manually closed. It was alright at lunchtime, but the same thing happened again on the way home with the heated grips on.

A bit of spannering when I got home concluded that the grip was expanding with the heat and contacting the bar end. The rubber on the grip was acting as a friction damper and stopping the throttle from closing.

I have since managed to move the throttle along the bar to give a bit more clearance, but it seemed to be tight to move hence the gap did not increase that much.

I dread to think of the consequences if the throttle got totally jammed whilst doing 80mph down a motorway.

Anybody else experienced this problem?


Chris

Swoody

Chris,

I had the same problem, only when the heated grips were on. I tried trimming a bit off the end but was worried about cutting the wire. In the end I put a couple of washers behind the bar-end weight to space it out from the grip. Seems to have worked ok.

Steve.

marauder2

thats just what i have done,6 small washers behind the bar end weight solves the problem completly,and i love my new hearted grips,but i had the same problem witth them expanding. :-D

Trunkie

I had exactly the same problem only today. A couple of washers sorted the problem.

blacktiger

Try slackening the whole switch cluster and sliding it inwards as far as the cables will allow then just 1 or 2 washers under the bar end should cure the problem. Or, you have a cruise control when the heated grips are turned on.

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Arrybash

So it isn't just me that has had the problem. I thalf suspected when it happened it would prove to be a common problem and therefore a design fault.

I tried slackening the throttle and brake lever to slide the throttle inwards but something must be holding it as I got very little travel.

The washers is obviously the solution. I have plenty in my garage.

Thanks for the tips guys.

Chris

bigD

If I recall correctly, which I frequently dont these days, but I im fairly sure of this one. there is a little hole in the bar & a corresponding nib on the throttle/Cluch assemblies which is ment to keep everythin put once the two halves of the casing are screwed together.

D

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Arrybash

It was on the cards for the best day of the week today, hence I took the Tiger into work again.

It was also very chilly at 7 this morning and I had to use the heated grips again.

It appears that the limited movement I obtained from slackening everthing was just sufficient to give the clearance to stop the throttle binding.

I didn't have to space out the bar end.

However I do agree with BigD there must be a hole and nib. I did notice there is a wire going into the bars which I assume must be for the heated grips.

The nib would be to stop the throttle body cutting the wire if moved to far.

Chris