As I was warming up the bike this morning for my near frigid ride down the FDR to school, I was surprised to find that my bike wouldn't rev up because the throttle just seemed to spin in place. I took a quick look at the throttle cable on both ends and everything seemed to be fine externally, so I said a hearty thank you that it didn't happen on the FDR last night and wheeled the bike back into its resting place to head to school by mass trans.
When I got home and opened up the throttle casing I was expecting to see the cable end snapped off at the throttle, or maybe the pulley assembly askew, broken or slipped off its mounting. All was well, so I put it back together and gave it a startup and VROOM!! Puzzled even more than before I thought maybe I had dreamed the whole thing until I pulled the casing off again to look at why it would catch until I put a little more pressure on the throttle and manually induced the dreaded free spin.
Oh, I suppose I should mention that these are Rizoma grips so there is a frame of reference.
Apparently there are two parts to the aluminum billet grips: The outer billet grip, and an inner plastic sleeve that is (was) glued inside the hollow grip. I'm sure this is a pretty common system used but it seems a bit cheap for such an expensive set of hardware. I pulled the plastic sleeve from the aluminum grip, shook my head and placed a call to PJ to let him know and ask his advice. Of course they are closed until Monday for one last trip to Deal's Gap for the season, of which I am very envious, so I figured I'd post up here. Knowing PJ, I will get a call way late tonight once they are off the bikes and he'll offer to warranty it on his way back from Deal's Gap even though I bought them more than a year ago. Gotta love those folks there!!
Thanks for letting me vent a bit. Now for the query. In bonding plastic to aluminum in an application that requires a solid and permanent fix, what is the best substance to use that won't damage the plastic but still bond both materials sufficiently? Epoxy? Something else? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
