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MR2Aaron · January 11th, 2014, 04:58 PM

Update: I actually bought an R6 throttle tube.

The diameter of the cable spindle portion is 36.6mm. This is 1 or 2 mm greater than my Ninja 500R's throttle tube with 1 zip tie attached, and probably 3-4mm wider than the bare 500 part.

The channels I asked about previously are every bit as big as they look in the photo. My caliper indicates that I'd need to find an extra 8 to 10mm of slack in the opening cable to make it work, unaltered. Subjectively, I don't think there's an extra 10mm of slack to be found in the 500's cables.

I have not attempted this yet, as I don't have an extra rubber grip for the R6 tube, but it appears that 5 minutes with a dremel tool would solve the slack problem. Just grind off 8mm or so of the channel on opening side, and you'd be good to go.

January 11th, 2014, 04:58 PM	#296
MR2Aaron ninjette.org member Name: Aaron Location: Pflugerville, TX Join Date: May 2013 Motorcycle(s): 2003 Kawasaki Ninja 250 Posts: 154	Update: I actually bought an R6 throttle tube. The diameter of the cable spindle portion is 36.6mm. This is 1 or 2 mm greater than my Ninja 500R's throttle tube with 1 zip tie attached, and probably 3-4mm wider than the bare 500 part. The channels I asked about previously are every bit as big as they look in the photo. My caliper indicates that I'd need to find an extra 8 to 10mm of slack in the opening cable to make it work, unaltered. Subjectively, I don't think there's an extra 10mm of slack to be found in the 500's cables. I have not attempted this yet, as I don't have an extra rubber grip for the R6 tube, but it appears that 5 minutes with a dremel tool would solve the slack problem. Just grind off 8mm or so of the channel on opening side, and you'd be good to go.