{"id":66843,"date":"2013-11-02T23:37:25","date_gmt":"2013-11-02T14:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=66843"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:43:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:43:46","slug":"sportster-1200-little-by-little-changes-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20131102\/everyday-events\/sportster-1200-little-by-little-changes-5","title":{"rendered":"Sportster 1200: Little-by-Little Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nUsed condition \u2605
\nThis \u2191 is the “stopper not engaging” state.
\nBecause the stopper isn’t engaging, the play is maintained by the tension of the OPEN\/CLOSE cable.
\nIt has a squishy, mushy feel.
 
\nThe stopper bolt has been swapped for a flush bolt & threaded into the throttle side,
\nso we’ll skip the lock nut.
\nThe bolt gets about 5mm shorter, and we save weight from the nut.
\nNow the stopper engages, so you get a nice click when you release the throttle!
\nThe stopper works properly and closes firmly\u2014it really feels solid. Play is also easier to adjust.
\nHere’s how the stock setup looks.
 
\nThe return side is in bad shape\u2014risky.
\nThe mounting position is way off, putting serious strain on the cable.
\nIf you install it without checking inside the throttle body\u2014just “sure, sure”\u2014and there’s no stopper,
\nand you adjust a long throttle inner cable by feel,
\nyou can end up with a cable in trouble, so please be careful.
 
\nOne more thing: with these big throttles, even at full open, the stopper might not make contact\u2014that’s something to watch for too.
\nThough I doubt it’ll happen in most cases\u2026
\nBy the way, the throttle hasn’t been cleaned yet \u2605<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Used condition \u2605 This \u2191 is the “stopper not engaging” state. Because the stopper isn’t engaging, the play is maintained by the tension of the OPEN\/CLOSE cable. It has a squishy, mushy feel.   The stopper bolt has been swapped for a flush bolt & threaded into the throttle side, so we’ll skip the lock nut. The bolt gets about 5mm shorter, and we save weight from the nut. Now the stopper engages, so you get a nice click when you release the throttle! The stopper works properly and closes firmly\u2014it really feels solid. Play is also easier to adjust. Here’s how the stock setup looks.   The return […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[117,55],"class_list":["post-66843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-harley-davidson","tag-old-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}