So I replaced my throttle pull cable today, as it was frayed and hanging on a thread (literally). Also removed the push cable and lubed it up with some Tri-flow (excellent for bicycle cables as well). The cables are smooth as butter when they're off the bike and straightish, but as soon as I hook them up to the carbs, they stick like cruise control and don't return to normal position. I tried turning the housings to different angles coming out of the throttle, but only certain positions give marginal smoothness. Am I doing something wrong? I have the cable routed around one of the forks, between the stem and fork, under the little metal clip on the frame head, then down to the carbs. That was how they were routed previously (and were also sticky, but not as bad as this). This is starting to frustrate me...

 

I had the same problem once and just had to keep messing with the cable positioning. I hate the cables on the F2, big pain. If you can't ever get it to work you may need a throttle spring on the carbs. Also keep trying to clean them. Are you using a cable cleaning tool? If not, get one, if so then spray lube in the cable until it comes out clean on the other end.

 

Hmm, I believe the cables were pretty darn clean. The pull cable should be perfect, as its a brand-new Honda OEM part. How would I go about adding a return spring? These cables really are a pain in the a.

 

Is your grip rubbing against the throttle housing? Spacing the grip out a bit helps sometimes.

Also, if your grip extends past the throttle tube and rubs on the bar it can hold things up, especially if you used grip glue.

If you used safety wire, perhaps you put to much tension on the wire and are clamping the tube to the bar.

 

i was having a similar problem. so when i pulled my carbs i cleaned the return spring, which was filthy, and then lubed it up to no avail. I then cleaned and lubed the cables to no avail. finally then i opened up the plastic piece with the strated button on it, dont know what its called, i saw my cables were "off" a little and that got cleaned. It now snaps back everytime. im sure mine was a cumulitive effect put it still took me a while as i kept hooking them up and then taking them off several times before i got it to work

 

Which plastic piece is this? The butterflies on the carb snap back nicely, and the throttles are slick, so perhaps you hold the key to the solution!

 

it where your shut of and starter button are on the handle bars. i got in there and my cable were not securley attached in there. when i did that everything started working again. i opened it up messed with the cables a bit, lubed them inside there. then just retightened everything down.

 

Ahh, okay. I'll try taking that apart again.