Even before I got back from AR, I knew I wanted to resolve my sticky / binding throttle cable. It was beginning to fatigue my throttle hand and I was always getting blisters on that hand. So I did some research on the board. I checked the area between the plastic throttle tube and the handlebar. I lubed that and it did nothing. I wound up taking the throttle box apart and re-routing the cables. I had read on the board that the cables should run parallel and should not overlap. That may be good that I did that for the cable routing, but it did nothing to diminish the binding. I pulled on the cable to try and open the throttle and couldn't even budge the thing. So, after a phone call to John and a little instruction, I gravity fed some THREE IN ONE oil down into the throttle cables until oil came out where the cables meet the carbs. That is what eventually fixed the binding. All good now. See the video below.
I had read that you're supposed to spray graphite into the cables or some sort of silicone spray. But I've always read in repair manuals that oil is fine to funnel in there. And I usually take John's word as it is informed by many bikes, years, and miles of experience.
