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<blockquote data-quote="TouringGodet" data-source="post: 46546" data-attributes="member: 27"><p>Nothing too dramatic...</p><p></p><p>I was on the Shadow, during the big annual All British Ride in Los Angeles back in the '80s, in the hills north of town. I came out of a corner and grabbed a bunch of throttle, and the twist grip went slack and the revs died down to an idle. Inside the throttle cable splitter, the nipple came off the end of the single cable, so both cylinders were now static. I could've made it back very slowly, but I adjusted the idle as high as I could and made it back into town at a somewhat decent pace to a truck stop. Pulled the tank off, borrowed a propane torch or soldering iron, and put the end back on. It's still there today.</p><p></p><p>Okay, I know many of you would have had a mini torch right in your tool tray but not me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TouringGodet, post: 46546, member: 27"] Nothing too dramatic... I was on the Shadow, during the big annual All British Ride in Los Angeles back in the '80s, in the hills north of town. I came out of a corner and grabbed a bunch of throttle, and the twist grip went slack and the revs died down to an idle. Inside the throttle cable splitter, the nipple came off the end of the single cable, so both cylinders were now static. I could've made it back very slowly, but I adjusted the idle as high as I could and made it back into town at a somewhat decent pace to a truck stop. Pulled the tank off, borrowed a propane torch or soldering iron, and put the end back on. It's still there today. Okay, I know many of you would have had a mini torch right in your tool tray but not me. [/QUOTE]
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