Dirt Bike Throttle Cable Sticking
But within 2 7 seconds ish of riding it i could tell that the throttle needed some attention.
Dirt bike throttle cable sticking. Pretty darn cool bike actually. Lube the throttle cable regularly which prevents it from getting. A sticky throttle could be caused by worn cables lack of lubrication in the cables or the cable getting bound up somewhere in the mechanism. Additionally the throttle cable just through general wear and tear stretches breaks or thanks to the dirt build up gets sticky too.
Bike is a ktm 2 stroke. Although it would eventually. Little else terrifies a rider on a dirt bike when that pin gets stuck. Next ride the throttle kept sticking open when i was riding so i decided to replace the throttle cable since it was getting a little frayed.
Or it can be caused by an issue with the carburetor or efi. A stretched throttle cable won t give your bike much life and obviously a broken cable doesn t work but a sticky cable or throttle tube can produce these kinds of results. If the screws in the throttle housing are too tight it could cause the cable to stick. Not only was the dirt bike throttle sticking it was not snapping back and it seemed like the throttle wouldn t return.
It had a definite and annoying stick at the start. The cables can bind under the tank or in the handgrip. Drained it out and bike was good to go.