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Old 09-11-2010, 11:32 PM
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Default Bloody throttle cable's snapped!!

So i'm on me way from Chapel, to our lasses in Buxton tonight, turn off the main drag to head down a a quiet bit of 'clog down' de-tour, and 'ping,' the throttle pedal drops to the floor, and the the rev counter drops to tickover
It's ever so embarrasing when your at the side of the road, bonnet up and hazards on, in the cold and pissing rain!
Cable snapped at a point where there wasn't enough showing to do a get me home bodge, so wound the tickover up on the carb to 2500 revs and limped back home again, playtime over

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Old 10-11-2010, 12:14 AM
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damn shame there wasn't enough left for a choc block bodge but at least you were able to adjust the idle to limp it home
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