02 700 twin.
just ruined the damn bumper on my "show car".
anyway.
you can pull the throttle lever back to idle, but the motor seems to spin down all on its own, like the throttle cable has no effect on RPMS.
you rev it, and it just hangs and hangs and eventually falls back to idle.
what could it be?
i lubed up the cable after unscrewing it at the handlebar.
still moves just as free as it did.
the actual throttle lever isnt sticking. im puzzled.

 

could there be some thing pullin on the cable

 

mine does the same thing! but we got lots of snow up here, you dont. Its gotta be that the cable is either hanging up somewhere or stretched . Will check back if I figure it out. Watch out for trees!

 

i was directed to look for a missing carb return spring on the body of the carb.
i didnt think there was one.
maybe the internal mechanism the cable is held on is spring loaded?
i was told that if the spring breaks, that the thumb lever spring is not strong enough by itself to compensate.
ill look further when it isnt so dark(and cold) outside.

 

I do believe that there are return springs inside the carb, my quad is dark and frozen right now will check some other day thanks

 

COLD outside!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you live in Florida!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.....

 

ITS 32 degrees out side up here in maine mi dad was down if fl...long hall drivin and he said it was like 70 and he spent the night on the ga border and he said it was lik 40

 

cold to me.
my girlfriend is in maine right now and she said the high for the week was like 34 or something up there.
crazy.
i like snow..... in pictures.
if the return spring is inside the carb, my luck ill have to buy a new carb.
darn!

 

here is the number for the return spring on the throttle linkage on the outside of the carb. # 3131398 Spring there is another spring in side under the diapham that is controlled by vacume. hope that helps. btw you can have our 12" of snow thats coming friday.

 

Snow?........It was 80 deg. here in houston today....I have my a/c on right now