Manx Tip

Manx Tip: Lockwire the throttle cable sleeve to the cable retainer at both ends if you can. If you hit a jump or big bumps hard, the cable sleeve can pop out of the retainer and normally gets hooked on the edge of the retainer, effectively stretching your throttle cable. Which means when you let go of the throttle... it stays open. Not good. Happened twice to me on my old KTM dirtbike - led to me lockwiring all my racebikes. This could have been what happened to Brian Purdy on Tuesday night - apparently the throttle stuck open as he went into Schoolhouse corner. Definitely not a good thing.