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Quick/easy fix for choke plunger that won't say put

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I'm actually toying with the idea of trying to adapt an L left control to my E so I can have the thumb-activated choke.....since my choke cable was broken when I got the bike I need a new one anyway. Anyone know if the wiring's different or what it would entail? Would I run into the self-cancelling turn signal issue?

Oh, and the clutch safety switch was one of the first things I checked when I got my bike but the PO had already performed the bypass mod. I remember trying to diagnose my Shadow for a week (during beautiful riding weather!) because it wouldn't start, turned out that damn switch had failed. Some solder, heat shrink and cursing and the bike was fixed, and I make sure to cut that switch out of every bike I own now.
 
On my new 750 I've noticed that if I pull out the choke and twist it a bit to the left (counter-clockwise) it stays put. Dunno if that's by design or not, but it works great!
 
hmmmm... that's wierd, on my '79 1000 I twist the knob to the right and it stays out. (course I never tried to twist it to the left...) I had the cable out lubing it this weekend and noticed that there is a flat side on the sleeve below the knob. I guess that's why twisting it (right or left) works!

I am going to have to look into the adjustment of the tension as mentioned earlier, who knew there was an adjustment.
 
So far I've owned two through-the-steering-stem-choke GSs and neither of them made a bit of difference when you messed with the plastic knurled nut tension thingies.
 
t3rmin said:
So far I've owned two through-the-steering-stem-choke GSs and neither of them made a bit of difference when you messed with the plastic knurled nut tension thingies.
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I was thinking that just held the cable in the steering stem. I'm going to have to remove it again to check it over and see if it was intended to tension the choke knob...
 
I just bought a brand new cable from bikebandit for 16.00, that seemed to work better than anything else I tried
 
As long as your assembly is not broken tightening is the correct way to go. Most are either rusted shut or broken these days.
 
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