'84 500 throttle cable replacment

Hey, so my throttle cable is pretty busted, and I'm doing a big ride in a week and a half to the Deals gap. I have the new throttle cable and need to replace it. I was told that it's a B**** to replace so does any one have any tips of how to do it, or should I just fork over the cash and pay some one to do it for me? Thanks!

 

I just now took a look at the cable on my 500, looks to be a very straightforward replacement operation after removing the tank & seat.

 

Our member Slowbird (Matt) is fairly expert on those VF500s and lives near you, so maybe he would help, but Creaky says it's fairly easy.

 

I'll give it a shot either today or tomorrow. Thanks, I hope it is easy like creaky said, 'cause my dad made it out to be annoying hard to do.

 

sweet jesus, you have to strip so much the bike just to replace them. I'm having trouble getting the carbs out, gah

 

I didn't say "easy", I said "straightforward". It does require some unusual manual dexterity to get the cables on/off the throttle shaft wheel.

 

well I managed to get it done. I was mostly just having trouble getting the carburetor off. But ya, it is straight forward.

 

Hey I have an 84 vfr 700. I'm trying to rebuild the carbs, but can't figure out how to get the throttle cable off. How did you do yours?

 

once i got the carbs out, I used a dental pick tool to get to pull the cable off. If you have the manual for the bike, it might have more info of how to do it.

 

Well I unlatched the throttle cable from the throttle assembly in between the carbs. Now I'm having problems pulling the carbs out. Should I separate them so I pull one out at a time or do I pull them all at the same time? How did you pull yours?