Faktor,
I am hardly a pro rider but thanks for the complement! 8) I'm thinking maybe a few grains of sand found themselves between the throttle tube and handelbars after your unfortunate mishap and just worked themselves out by way of twists from the throttle and vibrations of the bike. Happens quite often at the sand dunes after a tuck-n-roll.
I just so happened to have a throttle delema today as well. I was probably doing 75-85mph down a long straight fire road out in the desert when after riding about 2 or 3 miles I decided to lay off the gas. However, unknown to me, my throttle adjustment screw (brass ring where the throttle cable joins with the throttle tube) had vibratted about 6-8mm out so my carb slide is stuck open about half way.
At this point i'm thinking my slide is sticking/jammed open so i'm working the throttle to get it unstuck. After about 15 or 20 seconds of fethering the clutch to keep the revs under control I finally kill the engine as my attempts to unstick the throttle are in vain.
After coasting to a stop I immediatly remove the seat, fuel tank, and air filter to gain access to my carb. This is when I notice the slide is 1/3 to 1/2 way open. I proceed to check my connections at the carb and then work my way up the cable until I get to the throttle assembly. This is when I notice the Brass adjustment screw earlier mentioned. So I start playing with it and wouldn't you know it, I just field stripped my Berg in the Arizona scortching sun for the last 15 minutes for nothing. Adjustment screw must have vibrated itself open while at high RPM's.
Before putting all the Berg bits back in place I decided I should try to start the bike and make sure all is well. So I mount my half naked steed and give her one hell of a kick when a large backfire shoots through the carby and nearly blows my bean bag clean off!!!! I look down where the air filter should be and smoke is bellowing from the air box. After a few clear kicks with the decomp lever pulled in she started on the first kick.
Next I kill the engine and dress me lady back into her beautiful blue and yellow attire and off I go to finish my ride without any other hitches......
Moral of the story: Don't rip into the bikes heart before checking the small stuff first, could have saved me one heck of a neck sunburn and 2 pounds of sweat.
Cheers,
Sandskipper
