Throttle cable

[stockhatch]

Hello all. I am new here, and am helping my dad finish up his VW trike. One of the only things left is to run a throttle cable, but where do you guys have a 13' cable made?

TIA!

 

[trikeleader]

Welcome to Trike Talk. DennisKirk.com sells cables of almost any length you want. Go on line and check it out.

 

[KDHUFF]

ratraceproductions sells vw trike throttle controls

 

[Gorilla]

Hello all. I am new here, and am helping my dad finish up his VW trike. One of the only things left is to run a throttle cable, but where do you guys have a 13' cable made?

TIA!

welcome aboard, glad you joined us. i would of suggested the same 2 sources.

 

[stockhatch]

Thanks all We test fired it yesterday and it lives! I'll check out those cable sources.

 

[kcchoppers]

Barnett Performance Products>>>> Makes any size you want up to about 50 foot long give them a call

 

[KDHUFF]

I made a tempory set up out of a bicycle tune up kit had several cables that I spliced together. not intended to use forever, but I think It could last a long time.mainly just wanted one for mockup without spending a lot of money for trial and error. It worked pretty good. cable end fit in the throttle handle very well with no binding

 

[mmkrnh8012]

Places tha make them for dune buggies or motorcycles should be able to make them for you.

 

[stockhatch]

Thanks all! Here are a few pics. Obviously, the seats are not mounted yet. We just finished the wiring, and they had to be off to make getting to everything easier

 

[KDHUFF]

looks good.

 

[Nana]

It looks REAL good!

 

[Gorilla]

VERY VERY nice

 

[caveman50]

Nice work Stockhatch, be sure to post more pics with seats on. Hope to see it at Maggie Valley

 

[rrunner]

Nice looking setup ;-)

 

[stockhatch]

Thanks all! Here is a quick shot to show the shifter, instrument panel(can you tell what its made out of? ) More to come once its all ready.

 

[Frozenshrimp]

Welcome aboard, your trike looks great you and your dad did a fantastic job on it can't wait to see some pics when it all done keep up the great work!

 

[hermit]

If you want to fab your own cable, go to a Lowes building supply center or similar store and check out the steel cable they have for sale by the foot. You would have to fab your own ends and use metal tubing for a housing. I have seen cable that appeared to be air craft quality at Lowes, in various diameters. Happy Triking! Peace, Don

 

[stockhatch]

Hello again all. Here are some more recent shots of the trike. It is waiting on DMV stuff to be 100% road legal. Otherwise, it is pretty much ready to go! Dad found a good source for the throttle cable and they did a really nice job getting the length and ends correct on it.

 

[Nana]

That looks awesome! And as a Fat Boy owner, I thoroughly approve the front wheel . LOL!

 

[stockhatch]

Thanks! He has some baby moon type caps for the rear wheels, but is going to have to tweak them for a tight fit. Just out of curiosity, are there fully threaded coilovers available for the VW rear suspension? He is almost out of adjustment on the coils he has and there are some scrubbing issues out back. It's ether fix it with coils or drop the rear tire size.