Sticky throttle

I searched around and found a couple of threads about this but I didn't want to bump a dead thread to ask my question:

My throttle's getting progressively stiffer and harder to open (leading to some serious wrist pain when riding) although it shuts off okay. It was like this when I bought the bike so I got the garage to give the throttle a one-over when they fitted the 33bhp restrictors and they just oiled the cables, which fixed the problem. A few weeks later and it's getting stiff again, so I'm wondering what's going on because it's only been 100 miles between freeing the throttle up and it going stiff again.

Going through the old threads, it looks like the throttle cables may well need to be replaced as they could be wearing, which is why oiling them only temporarily fixes the problem. How difficult is it to replace the cables? Would you recommend a Haynes or a Clymer manual as a guide to doing this?

Bike's a K1 2001 SV650S.

It's quite easy to replace the cables and if you follow the haynes manual you can't go wrong. Check that the pivot points at both the throttle tube and the carbs arn't sticking either.

Is it just hard to open, or does it take an effort to close as well? If so, it may be simply that your bar end is on too tight and is causing your grip to get stuck. It may not be this, but a few seconds is all it'll take to check it out.

If you do have to replace the cables, I reckon you could do it without a manual if you're careful and have at least a modicum of common sense. All you need to do really is trace the way they run, run new ones along the same path, then unhook the old ones and hook up the new ones (As far as I know, and the last time I did this was on a 1984 CX500 about 6 years ago!).

[Stu]

Further to Bear's advice at the grip end,just quickly check that the moving parts at the other end are not chaffing on anything like mine did after an off.