I had a '74 Honda CB350 4 cyl about 45 years ago and your bike really got me reminiscing. One of the most practical and reliable bikes I ever owned. Need to change a 2 cable system on a later bike and it has a TON of fairings, false panels, and other plastic crap that has to be removed to even attempt doing what you're doing here. Starting to really wish I had that old 350 back, hehe. Thanks for the vid, very helpful.
Becky, I started watching your videos after purchasing a 1975 Honda CB200T - same color as yours. Three weeks have passed and I want to thank you for your work. With your pointers, I've probably avoided making several mishaps. It's also great to see someone else jumping in and working on their own bike. By the way, I've found the Honda CB200 shop manual to be more helpful and exact than Clymers. Also, big shout out to the Hondatwins website and forum. A great community of experienced vintage Honda owners helping each other.
Getting frustrated n soon as I heard you say that the bike was racing n I then said yeah n got a smile on my face n thought I pick the right video to watch. Because I was having the EXACT same issue. . Well I can get back to putting the bike together now. Thanks great job RL
Thanks for that Becky, big help! I used to have a CB200 in the UK but I was never daring enough to take it that far apart. Tomorrow I'm replacing the Throttle cable on my Chinese Honda CG125 clone, with a lot more confidence after watching your video.
Thanks Becky! I bought the exact same bike to learn to wrench on. I had to have my local shop rebuild part of the cable because it was fraying and the exact same thing happened when I put it back together. You saved me days of troubleshooting! Thanks!
Becky - Let me add to the chorus of 'thank you's'; THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! Had the exact same problem replacing the cable on my SL175. Your vid totally saved my bacon (not to mention the cost and trouble of hauling the bike off to a mechanic!). So again, thanks!
this totally helped me get my throttle cable properly installed on the carb end. I was getting really frustrated because the throttle was not working and I took it apart and put it back together like 10 times! It was the same mistake you made, the slide was backwards and not going down far enough. So thanks! Ps so good to get instruction from a woman :)
...that i started to watch for throttle cable info but I am coming away with new ideas thanks to your approach! (of course i can design my own toolkit!!!!!!)
Wow thank you so much I’m having this problem yesterday I changed the cable I start the bike it was racing it looks like I made the same mistake lol 😂 thanks for vid
Lol! I did the same thing with one of the slides on my cb175. Scarred the crap outta me too. Nice video. Wish I had watched it before my carb assembly fail.
Recommendations: Don't aim the camera where your hands are the main thing in the shot. Put the camera around the other way where your hands are behind the object being worked on. Add light as well. Black rubber and parts aren't seen well online.
You can get bowden cables made, ask a local brakes, clutch or instrument (dash instrument, not musical instrument) specialist they often have the gear to do it in house - if you take the old ones in you could get new ones made to your specifications. It's going to be the internal (cable) to external (casing) ratio that matters for your tension, so the new cables must have slightly longer internal cable or slightly shorter external cable, or both, anyway end of the day a different ratio internal to external, the absolute length of the cable as a whole doesn't matter (for tension, but for fitting where it needs to go, it does, obviously) - you're a smart person I don't know why I'm explaining this to you I'm sure you can see how it works :-). You could of course have a look at a wreckers (whatever they call that in the states, wreckers here in NZ, "motor factors" in the UK I think is the term, maybe breakers in the US I think I've heard, anyway, place that takes old cars and/or bikes and sells you bits from them) to see if you can find a longer screw adjuster for the throttle end.
Girl thank you cuz I’m over here with my Jinlun 250’s throttle cable frayed like - wtf do I do now?! It has a lot of the same parts yours does stock, so thanks for this video- you really helped me out! I’m scared to death to even think about the valves but baby steps baby steps
great video,better to see the mistakes made so people dont do the same thing. after watching this i made a mark on the top of the carb so it drops straight down, i would not have thought of doing this until i watched your video ...thanks
Great watching ur video so easy was to pull out cable from.the carb mine wont budge at all same bike been sitting 4 40 years soaked in wd 40 still wont budge myproblem not urs bloody frustrating
What year and model is your bike I have a 1980 CM200t , And I have the same revving engine that scares the crap out of me whenever I put the chokie in !
Great video! Will help alot on my 1975 cb500t. Is there a way to dry test to make sure all is well before running the bike? Just to make sure I don't have the same problem with an open throttle haha
Well, if I had known better, I could have seen that the slides weren't going down as much they should, but I don't know another way to tell before trying... a 500 twin! Don't see those around too often!
hey Becky, i have a 76 honda cb200 and i was wonder where i would be able to find a bolt adjustment for my clutch cable. its so hard to find one knowing that they are a discontinued part. do recommend any advice on what i could do.
When you put the stopper back in, how exactly does that look? I took mine apart when I changed out my handle bars and now I can't figure out how to put it back together again :( Help! (oh, I have a 1980 cm200 Twinstar). It looks pretty similar except mine doesn't really have a feed for the stopper deal.
I'm pretty surprised the cable goes straight into the carb like that, every carb i've worked on has a lever on the outside that the cable engages with, but i've never worked on an engine older than 1987. Is this a common design in older bikes, or is it a performance thing?
This is my first bike so I don't really know how common it is! My shopmates' carbs are a single pull to a lever outside like you described, but when I inquired about a new cable at the service garage they didn't blink twice about the split, straight-into-carb style and grabbed me that black one from the beginning of the vid, so there have got to be a whole group of bikes that work like that! Deductive reasoning!
Rob did you work mainly with carbs on cars? It's much more common for cars to have a cable and cam design that actuates the butterfly valve. It is designed this way on most small bikes because of space contraints that you don't have on cars.
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I had a '74 Honda CB350 4 cyl about 45 years ago and your bike really got me reminiscing. One of the most practical and reliable bikes I ever owned. Need to change a 2 cable system on a later bike and it has a TON of fairings, false panels, and other plastic crap that has to be removed to even attempt doing what you're doing here. Starting to really wish I had that old 350 back, hehe. Thanks for the vid, very helpful.
Becky, I started watching your videos after purchasing a 1975 Honda CB200T - same color as yours. Three weeks have passed and I want to thank you for your work. With your pointers, I've probably avoided making several mishaps. It's also great to see someone else jumping in and working on their own bike. By the way, I've found the Honda CB200 shop manual to be more helpful and exact than Clymers. Also, big shout out to the Hondatwins website and forum. A great community of experienced vintage Honda owners helping each other.
Getting frustrated n soon as I heard you say that the bike was racing n I then said yeah n got a smile on my face n thought I pick the right video to watch. Because I was having the EXACT same issue. .
Well I can get back to putting the bike together now.
Thanks great job
RL
Great video I have been searching how to disconnect the throttle cable to the valve on my SL350 ! this video helped as carbs look the same
Thanks for that Becky, big help! I used to have a CB200 in the UK but I was never daring enough to take it that far apart. Tomorrow I'm replacing the Throttle cable on my Chinese Honda CG125 clone, with a lot more confidence after watching your video.
Amazing, hope it works out great for you!!! Don't make the same mistake I did. =D
Thanks Becky! I bought the exact same bike to learn to wrench on. I had to have my local shop rebuild part of the cable because it was fraying and the exact same thing happened when I put it back together. You saved me days of troubleshooting! Thanks!
+Jessica Lamb no way, amazing!! =D
Becky - Let me add to the chorus of 'thank you's'; THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! Had the exact same problem replacing the cable on my SL175. Your vid totally saved my bacon (not to mention the cost and trouble of hauling the bike off to a mechanic!). So again, thanks!
Thank you for the throttle cable video. A great help as I did the same thing.
this totally helped me get my throttle cable properly installed on the carb end. I was getting really frustrated because the throttle was not working and I took it apart and put it back together like 10 times! It was the same mistake you made, the slide was backwards and not going down far enough. So thanks! Ps so good to get instruction from a woman :)
Smart girl for hitting the kill switch immediately. Most people can't think that fast.
...that i started to watch for throttle cable info but I am coming away with new ideas thanks to your approach! (of course i can design my own toolkit!!!!!!)
Beautifully done. I can guarantee that I would have put the slides in wrong if I hadn't seen your video. Thanks for saving me the hassle.
whoohoo! Yeah, it fits both ways, and says nothing about it in either of my manuals. Glad this helped you!!
Great job Becky,
I am doing this on my CB750 10th Anniversary :)
Good job by the way how did you get the lid off the cap mine wont come off
Wow thank you so much I’m having this problem yesterday I changed the cable I start the bike it was racing it looks like I made the same mistake lol 😂 thanks for vid
Lol! I did the same thing with one of the slides on my cb175. Scarred the crap outta me too. Nice video. Wish I had watched it before my carb assembly fail.
Recommendations: Don't aim the camera where your hands are the main thing in the shot. Put the camera around the other way where your hands are behind the object being worked on. Add light as well. Black rubber and parts aren't seen well online.
Yep, did this twice on my CB 200. It is really pretty easy... If you have any questions about further stuff, just ask..
very useful. Thanks.
You can get bowden cables made, ask a local brakes, clutch or instrument (dash instrument, not musical instrument) specialist they often have the gear to do it in house - if you take the old ones in you could get new ones made to your specifications.
It's going to be the internal (cable) to external (casing) ratio that matters for your tension, so the new cables must have slightly longer internal cable or slightly shorter external cable, or both, anyway end of the day a different ratio internal to external, the absolute length of the cable as a whole doesn't matter (for tension, but for fitting where it needs to go, it does, obviously) - you're a smart person I don't know why I'm explaining this to you I'm sure you can see how it works :-).
You could of course have a look at a wreckers (whatever they call that in the states, wreckers here in NZ, "motor factors" in the UK I think is the term, maybe breakers in the US I think I've heard, anyway, place that takes old cars and/or bikes and sells you bits from them) to see if you can find a longer screw adjuster for the throttle end.
Thank you! =D
Girl thank you cuz I’m over here with my Jinlun 250’s throttle cable frayed like - wtf do I do now?! It has a lot of the same parts yours does stock, so thanks for this video- you really helped me out! I’m scared to death to even think about the valves but baby steps baby steps
Helped with my zundapp on a Sunday with every shop closed ...thank you😂
great video,better to see the mistakes made
so people dont do the same thing.
after watching this i made a mark on the top of the carb so it drops straight down,
i would not have thought of doing this until i watched your video ...thanks
I’m going through this right now lol thank you
Does this work with a cl175 as well?
You know a lot more than I do..good video
Great watching ur video so easy was to pull out cable from.the carb mine wont budge at all same bike been sitting 4 40 years soaked in wd 40 still wont budge myproblem not urs bloody frustrating
What year and model is your bike I have a 1980 CM200t , And I have the same revving engine that scares the crap out of me whenever I put the chokie in !
It's literally in the title of the video
great help you gave me by this video God bless you thanks
Nice vedio...it was helpful
How did you provide slack to the cable?
Did you ever make that tool roll. Would love to check it out... Great vids. thanks
Not yet but it's getting higher on my list! =D
Great video, thanks !
Thank you so much for this video, i have the same problem, but thanks to you its sorted 👍
You are so brave. I would have totally freaked out and tried to cut the cable to length.
Haha I was motivated to regain the ability to drive home!
Great video! Will help alot on my 1975 cb500t. Is there a way to dry test to make sure all is well before running the bike? Just to make sure I don't have the same problem with an open throttle haha
Well, if I had known better, I could have seen that the slides weren't going down as much they should, but I don't know another way to tell before trying... a 500 twin! Don't see those around too often!
One way to tell if they are seated correctly is to remove the air filter tube and filter. You can directly see how far seated they are.
Cool Video!
Great video!
BTW, I stared following you, you rock!
Thank you, your bike looks great!
hey Becky, i have a 76 honda cb200 and i was wonder where i would be able to find a bolt adjustment for my clutch cable. its so hard to find one knowing that they are a discontinued part. do recommend any advice on what i could do.
Hmm, did you check David Silver Spares? www.davidsilverspares.com/CB200T-1976-USA/ or ebay?
Becky Stern I just checked David silver spare and no luck 😩. And I’ve searched on eBay already and I haven’t had any luck as well.
Good for you
Becky, I have a CB200T in Mexico City. I also need to change the cable. Would you help me with the model you got it in Amazon? Gracias
Click the link in the description, the Instructable has more info including the product link! Also have seen cables pop up on ebay
Gracias Becky Stern
When you put the stopper back in, how exactly does that look? I took mine apart when I changed out my handle bars and now I can't figure out how to put it back together again :( Help! (oh, I have a 1980 cm200 Twinstar). It looks pretty similar except mine doesn't really have a feed for the stopper deal.
Sorry I don't have a photo of just the assembled stack before it goes in to the carb!
Well, you've done the motorcycle maintenance, now you need the Zen. ;-)
I'm pretty surprised the cable goes straight into the carb like that, every carb i've worked on has a lever on the outside that the cable engages with, but i've never worked on an engine older than 1987. Is this a common design in older bikes, or is it a performance thing?
This is my first bike so I don't really know how common it is! My shopmates' carbs are a single pull to a lever outside like you described, but when I inquired about a new cable at the service garage they didn't blink twice about the split, straight-into-carb style and grabbed me that black one from the beginning of the vid, so there have got to be a whole group of bikes that work like that! Deductive reasoning!
Rob did you work mainly with carbs on cars? It's much more common for cars to have a cable and cam design that actuates the butterfly valve. It is designed this way on most small bikes because of space contraints that you don't have on cars.
You look like ProJared
Too fast and too confusing this doesn't really make much sense
Did you follow the link in the description with more info? Sorry you didn't find the video useful!