A few weeks ago i dropped my bike in a creek and sucked in quite a bit of water.
Dirt bike throttle cable sticking.
Pretty darn cool bike actually.
A stretched throttle cable won t give your bike much life and obviously a broken cable doesn t work but a sticky cable or throttle tube can produce these kinds of results.
A sticky throttle could be caused by worn cables lack of lubrication in the cables or the cable getting bound up somewhere in the mechanism.
The cables can bind under the tank or in the handgrip.
Drained it out and bike was good to go.
Although it would eventually.
Not only was the dirt bike throttle sticking it was not snapping back and it seemed like the throttle wouldn t return.
Inspect the throttle cable that it s routed properly and doesn t get pinched by the handlebars turning motion and not intertwined with the brake or clutch cables and electric start cable if applicable.
If the screws in the throttle housing are too tight it could cause the cable to stick.
If you are suspecting problems with a dirt bikes throttle body operation it s recommended that you check to be sure the throttle cables are not binding or crossed anywhere and causing a slow return of the throttle when released as short of this there is not much else that could cause a binding or sticking throttle as far as the throttle body.
Bike is a ktm 2 stroke.
It had a definite and annoying stick at the start.
Little else terrifies a rider on a dirt bike when that pin gets stuck.
Lube the throttle cable regularly which prevents it from getting.
Or it can be caused by an issue with the carburetor or efi.