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allan1353:
had a strange thing happen to my bike where the throttle stuck wide open going into a berm and shot me off what seemed like into space. damage done was dislocated, 7 fractures and a split bone in my wrist.

had anyone had this problem before? It's never done this before. throttle was working smooth before this. had a full tank of fuel and the fuel shut off was on.  haven't checked it out since getting out of the hospital

1989kawasaki:
bad luck i guess

weymouth399:
I had a buddy of mine flip my brand new 96 kx250 all the way around, and stuff it to the ground. (never touched the rear fender)
He claimed the throttle stuck, always worked for me. I fixed the broken stuff took it for a ride perfect, no throttle stick.
About 2 weeks later 10 or so gallons of gas, it happened to me, luckly I was already at speed pinned in 4th. (scary but could have been worst) I hit the kill button pulled to the edge of the track. Checked how it moved thru the cable nothing wrong.
 
Got it home, totaly pulled carb apart inspected the body and slide there was a burr on both parts. It looked like a casting flaw on slide that caused the body to burr also.

other than bad cable routing, frayed cable,inproperly adjusted cable,dirt in carb
Hope this helps Bob W

Marco810:
Ive has it happen to me once on my old bike then never happened again was strange

sandblaster:
I had it happened when I borrowed a buddies bike to ride.
Everything was fine for about 15 minutes and then the throttle stuck wide open as I was going into a corner.
Ate a full plate of taco's and burritos  :-D
I took the bike back to the truck and started with the throttle assembly.
It was totally packed with sand and dirt.
Pulled it apart cleaned it all out and it worked fine.
It was then that I learned a valuable lesson.
When riding a new bike for the first time, make sure the kill switch works and is in a position you can get to.... :-o

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