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Re: Dutchz Z1 road burner - quick turn throttle

22 Jan 2011 17:48

Of course the tube does not fit the housing - that would be to easy :laugh:
The spool hits both halves of the clam shell housing. A wee bit where the cables come in and a *lot* on the side where the cables hook to the spool. The 36mm diameter is measured along the round part of the spool not where the cables hook in, by the way.
I started by removing the casting marks inside the housing:

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Re: Dutchz Z1 road burner - quick turn throttle

22 Jan 2011 17:49

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...and spent another hour or so with the dremel to open the housing up:

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Re: Dutchz Z1 road burner - quick turn throttle

22 Jan 2011 17:51

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Sanded the Z1000 spool down some:

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Re: Dutchz Z1 road burner - quick turn throttle

22 Jan 2011 17:55 - 22 Jan 2011 17:55

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Kept going until there was absolutely no binding whatsoever - for obvious reasons. The end result below. Bottom mark on the tape was original WOT mark. Top mark is the current one. Big difference, total cost for this improvement: $10. Throttle snaps shut hard just like it did before.

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Re: Dutchz Z1 road burner - quick turn throttle

22 Jan 2011 18:02

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Just FYI I did hold up the Z1000 tube to the stock Z1 switch housing, it will not fit in there - it may if you do the modifications I did to the MP housing - have not tried as I am not using the stock switch.

I also read somewhere an SV650 throttle tube is 33mm - have not verified. That tube would give you a bit quicker action, should logically put you half way between the two marks and would be much easier to fit in either housing...

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Re: Dutchz Z1 road burner - quick turn throttle

22 Jan 2011 19:08

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dutchz wrote:

Picked up a Z1000 tube from Motion Pro (thanks Corey!).

You're welcome Dutch!

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Re: Dutchz Z1 road burner - quick turn throttle

22 Jan 2011 23:28

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I will try my damnest!

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Re: Dutchz Z1 road burner - quick turn throttle

23 Jan 2011 00:41

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Cool Dutch, thanks for the info. I also hated having to reposition my hand to firewall it

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Re: Dutchz Z1 road burner - new stuff

24 Jan 2011 08:36

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sweet mod dutchz!
thanks for documenting it,

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Re: Dutchz Z1 road burner - new stuff

24 Jan 2011 14:19

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You're welcome guys. Went riding yesterday and love the way it feels. I wasn't sure how quick I was going to get used to it but it really didn't take long at all. You have to be smoother at small throttle openings but the throttle feeling is a huge improvement, feels a lot more direct. Well worth $10 :laugh:

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Re: Dutchz Z1 road burner - new stuff

24 Jan 2011 16:42

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Great little mod Dutch. Thanks.
Excuse me if i missed the answer to this before, but,
How do u like your new header? does it have more bottom end with the 2" collector?

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Re: Dutchz Z1 road burner - new stuff

24 Jan 2011 23:17

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Hey Mark, thanks. Yes it seems to have better midrange performance than the Yosh did - as far as I remember, not exactly a back to back test. Unfortunately I have not had the chance to throw the bike back on the dyno, hopefully later this year.

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