Newbie question: cable lock routing

[Kevin Jones]

Ok, I pulled a late late nighter and I am not really all there right now and I cant understand why I cannot remember how the cable originally went. I pulled it out to replace the inner fender, and then came back to it and I simply cannot understand how this is the only way I can make it work. There is definitely something I am overlooking due to being overtired and not having a second set of eyes. Anyway, I was able to make the cable work like this but this cannot be that bad of a design that the cable should have to stay inverted like that to work. Or is there something I am not seeing? Coffee isnt helping, please help fellas. I dont want to put the seat or anything on until I have this figured out or there will be problems for sure.

 

[BigBSBusa]

Your seat lock is backwards. Where the cable connects should be at the rear of the bike (180 degrees from where it is now).

 

[BigBSBusa]

More specifically, the seat lock that attaches to the crossmember of the bike.

 

[Kevin Jones]

Thank you so much. Such a good thing I am going through this bike methodically. Previous owner did not care for it properly. Same guy that cut that fender well and gouged it all up. It is a lot of work but I am learning the bike as I go through this.

 

[1bondoman]

That cable is really long for a gen1.

 

[Kevin Jones]

The cable is too long. When I flipped the mount, it is too long. This must be the wrong cable for a gen I hence why it was inverted in the first place. The only way to make it work at all was to turn the mount it backwards and route the cable in a dumb way.

 

[1bondoman]

Ya the gen1 cable is crazy short