Yamaha TRX850 Enthusiasts Forum

had fuel issues on friday night,

story as follows,

first tank of fuel. wanted to find out how much mileage i could get.

got to 211kms and the bike stopped. changed over to reserve and had couldnt get nothing.

anyway went the petrol station got a can of petrol, filled up the bike

and on my way.


the problem i had was it was very slugglish and when i twisted the throttle there was no kick as per normal

so to cut short this story


the brother in law and my self took apart the bike eg.

air box (cleaned out all bugs and what not)

took apart the carbies and resprayed them with WD40

changed the spark plugs (what a bitch, replaced both)

found that the throttle cable had only 2 strands left that where connected.

went to my local second parts place and tried to find another throttle cable. couldnt find one but the guys replaced the damaged cable with a new one for $25.00

put back all together, and purring like a cat.


all is good.


the finishing touch i placed on my plastic crash knobs




from doing the above items, i would really recommended to use the haynes TRX850 work manual

it helped alot. (diagrams for pulling apart and putting together the carby)

i think the combination of carbie + cable did what you needed.. A fray'd cable can loose potential strength (twisting force) thus, not opening carbie all the way.. And a freshen up of the carbie is always good.. Did you rejet / balance them properly ? or just reset to factory specs ?

glad to see your back on the road again.. enjoy