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About 500 miles into a 3000 mile bike trip I was sitting at a traffic light and when it turned green I gave it the gas and the throttle broke. Since I have heated grips my first thought was that the grip was broken and since I carry my original because I read the forum and found out about the heated grip problems I thought the fix would be easy. Well much to my dismay I found that the throttle cable had broken instead on 2014 RIII with less than 6000 miles on it. Of course we called the our dealer,and several others to see if someone would by chance have the part but no luck with the exception of Manayunk Triumph in Philadelphia which was about 1200 miles from me and they told me they could order them at 2 PM on Saturday and have Tuesday. We were going through Philadelphia but now how to get there was the question. We'll Slidderhd had written a replied on the Heated Grips Broken again tread that he had his heated grip break but had taken the push cable out made a few mods to the broken handle used duct tape to hold it in place and allowing the push cable to become the pull cable and the return spring to close the throttle.
I had nothing to lose so I went to work I knew this was no short trip home so I took a small piece of plastic hose and let the cable run through it so that it wouldn't rub on the housing and adjust the cable adjusters all the way out. It was still a little to long but I think I almost had full throttle. Anyway it worked for over 1200 miles. Saved the trip and I have to tell you the guys at Manayunk Triumph in Philadelphia were the best. They called us told us the part was there we picked it up and bought a bunch of Triumph gear as well. To Slidderhd who gave me the idea to use the return cable as the pull I want to thank you for saving my 18 day vacation.
One other note the throttle cable broke right where the cable is connected at the grip. Which means that somehow it cable fitting seized up in the plastic grip. This may sound crazy but this could be why these grips are breaking. Maybe when they get hot the stuff they use to keep them from sticking to the mold when they are made somehow gets liquid and then when it cools down it binds the cable and breaks the grip. At any rate if you have heated grips it might be worth your time to just take the grip apart and make sure it is all moving free.
Trapper
I had nothing to lose so I went to work I knew this was no short trip home so I took a small piece of plastic hose and let the cable run through it so that it wouldn't rub on the housing and adjust the cable adjusters all the way out. It was still a little to long but I think I almost had full throttle. Anyway it worked for over 1200 miles. Saved the trip and I have to tell you the guys at Manayunk Triumph in Philadelphia were the best. They called us told us the part was there we picked it up and bought a bunch of Triumph gear as well. To Slidderhd who gave me the idea to use the return cable as the pull I want to thank you for saving my 18 day vacation.
One other note the throttle cable broke right where the cable is connected at the grip. Which means that somehow it cable fitting seized up in the plastic grip. This may sound crazy but this could be why these grips are breaking. Maybe when they get hot the stuff they use to keep them from sticking to the mold when they are made somehow gets liquid and then when it cools down it binds the cable and breaks the grip. At any rate if you have heated grips it might be worth your time to just take the grip apart and make sure it is all moving free.
Trapper