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Yessir. Solid purchase!

On the other hand, if there were such a thing as a "field attachable" cable end, I might be home free.

Unrestricted flow through the engine at 16k rpm has to be fun.
I know it has some lousy factory programming and an exhaust that must be changed.
I'm thinking you will thoroughly enjoy.

The straight ones on the RD400 have a much larger ID. They are threaded brass. The Niche Cycle angled ones are a steel tube.
Spent some time destroying one tonight trying to straighten it with heat so I could try to drill it out.
Will have to get a new cable, RD400 one I guess, and find some RD350 angled adjusters that are genuine?
Either that or $700 for the whole kit from Ed Toomey.
I'm still sore about the FedEx bill for almost as much as the split cable that they actually damaged. If they cut an invoice, apparently they have to add $15 to make it worth the cost to invoice.
I'll sleep on it.

45° adapters are a problem. Trying to make them work caused me to ruin a cable end. The original RD400 cable is closer to fitting through, but the real problem here is the ID of the 45's tube being too small. I don't have a 45° drill bit.
The solution would be to feed the bare cable wire through and then melt on some new ends.
I don't see a solution.

The 45° carb cable adaptors are in.
The cable ends won't start to fit through though.
I'll do a compacting roll on the ends this weekend in some improvised way to get the diameter down. Should work after that.

Other things going on. Dryer needed new parts and there are grandkids. I'm slow. Not having to work would be a bonus.

Now that you've added all the bits and made the changes, the red frame is necessary. Looks very good!

CMSNL cable recommended by Tim came in ok from Netherlands FedEx. No fuss, probably not enough value.

Glad it was a cable. Box was quite damaged.

Cable looks pretty good quality-wise.

Just got a text from FedEx saying I owe $20 in "tax, tariff and fees" on this (broken) $20 cable from CMSNL.

Welcome to the blue '77 RD400 tank club.

On order. Thanks, Tim!

Maybe there's a part that will get me from the RD400 carb top to the new split cable end?
The long straight hex does not come off and the plastic liner sticking out won't budge.

Looks like a 45° would be good with male threads at both ends.

Removed the stock RZ throttle cables and installed the recommended split one from CMSNL. Next step is swapping the RD400 carbs in.

But they also look raw and real.
Just like the pipes

Congratulations!

CMSNL cable recommended by Tim came in ok from Netherlands FedEx. No fuss, probably not enough value.

Glad it was a cable. Box was quite damaged.

Cable looks pretty good quality-wise.

Two things: plastic "cap" over the splitter housing was damaged, if you see the box, you would know why. I'll zip tie around it and use it anyway.

And, the cost total was under $60, verifying what Uwe just said above.