Need some F6B Advice...

[53driver]

Hey Steve, do you mind explaining a bit what you mean by "more range"? Thanks!

Jason

Jason,
As the throttle cable stretches, you "use up" the available threads at the handgrip throttle adjustment to tighten it up.
The other end is on the throttle body and the tech can "zero out" the handgrip adjustment and take up all that slack at the throttle body.
So you can keep using the same throttle cable and keep 'er taught with the handgrip adjustor.
"Range" was NOT the correct word - sorry.
Cheers,
Steve

[shooter]

Jason,
As the throttle cable stretches, you "use up" the available threads at the handgrip throttle adjustment to tighten it up.
The other end is on the throttle body and the tech can "zero out" the handgrip adjustment and take up all that slack at the throttle body.
So you can keep using the same throttle cable and keep 'er taught with the handgrip adjustor.
"Range" was NOT the correct word - sorry.
Cheers,
Steve

Dang it!!! I thought there was another 1/2 inch I hadn't found yet!! I was twisting as hard as I could Steve!!

[Verismo]

Jason,
As the throttle cable stretches, you "use up" the available threads at the handgrip throttle adjustment to tighten it up.
The other end is on the throttle body and the tech can "zero out" the handgrip adjustment and take up all that slack at the throttle body.
So you can keep using the same throttle cable and keep 'er taught with the handgrip adjustor.
"Range" was NOT the correct word - sorry.
Cheers,
Steve

Now I got ya! Thanks, Steve! I was kinda hoping the opposite. I find the throttle spring to be a little tight, if anything. (Minor complaint). However, I've gotten pretty accustomed to skipping gears on the upshift. Makes traffic acceleration much less jerky.

I do love the B. But like others who had an original Valk, I'm still impressed with what a machine that was. Besides the ergos being really comfortable to me (wide bars, slung-in feeling), there was something about those 6 carbs. Yes, it was a major concern if it was sitting for any length of time. But when you twisted the throttle, something about those carbs seemed to really breathe in the acceleration. It's difficult to describe, but something about fuel injection feels ever so slightly more.... disconnected?

However, no muss, no fuss, no worries is very hard to argue.

Jason

[Kokomo Kevin]

Lots of us kept our old Valks, I kept mine and ride it weekly just to keep the jealous down between it and the Red 13B! 6 cylinders, 6 carbs, Viking Exhaust, Dynatek ignition system, It was a machine that is still hard to replicate the riding experience to this day. The sound of it at full throttle is something amazing. Rode the new Goldwing dual clutch yesterday as the Corporate folks have set up a ride experience here in central Indiana. Was a nice experience to compare it to the 2013. Honda has got it right out of the box, and someday one will follow me home to be a stablemate to the other two timeless machines.