I have put about 800 miles on my LT since getting it officially on the road 10 days ago.....the bulk of it in two Rides to eat. At the end of each day,....the only downside was my right hand was sore from constanltly fighting to keep the throttle open or add throttle. I had read that a throttle cable replacement was the fix....but time and money are short right now...so posted about lubing the cables.
I got a couple of good responses. I already had the Motion Pro cable luber....Ive had it 10 years and probably have never used it until now.
The responders said "No traditional dead dinosaur lube....Silicone only"
and CRC Heavy Duty silicone was the drug of choice. Walmart had the CRC HD Silicone @ $1.97.
Got back, plugged it up to my pull side cable (Had to remove the right side handle bar cover and decided to release the complete cable from the grip).......sprayed until I could hear hissing sounds lower down in the bike indicating (I think) that the silicone had made the trip down the length of the cable. Did the return cable as well since I was in there,...and lubed the plastic guide piece where the cables exit their housings and make the turn up to the throttle grip.
Re-assembled everything and went for a ride.............WOW!......What a huge difference. Used to be that my cramp buster would keep moving around the grip and I would have to keep rolling off the throttle and moving the cramp buster back up.............NO MORE!......The overall effort has been reduced so much that the cramp buster stays put.
The bike SEEMS much more responsive now.
Its all good!
Brian In Austin
I got a couple of good responses. I already had the Motion Pro cable luber....Ive had it 10 years and probably have never used it until now.
The responders said "No traditional dead dinosaur lube....Silicone only"
and CRC Heavy Duty silicone was the drug of choice. Walmart had the CRC HD Silicone @ $1.97.
Got back, plugged it up to my pull side cable (Had to remove the right side handle bar cover and decided to release the complete cable from the grip).......sprayed until I could hear hissing sounds lower down in the bike indicating (I think) that the silicone had made the trip down the length of the cable. Did the return cable as well since I was in there,...and lubed the plastic guide piece where the cables exit their housings and make the turn up to the throttle grip.
Re-assembled everything and went for a ride.............WOW!......What a huge difference. Used to be that my cramp buster would keep moving around the grip and I would have to keep rolling off the throttle and moving the cramp buster back up.............NO MORE!......The overall effort has been reduced so much that the cramp buster stays put.
The bike SEEMS much more responsive now.
Its all good!
Brian In Austin