Had a sphincter washer cutting moment on Sunday, bloody throttle cable jammed open with a corner coming up real fast, clutch in, big revs, pulled up and got it to free up but decided to take the straightest route home. Have the housing apart now checking the cables, all looks ok but thought I would lube up the throttle and idle cables while I am in there. The service manual advises to use a couple of drops of "super oil",  whats everyone using oil or WD40.

this video below shows a good tutorial on how its done
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz1Ypua_EGY
He advises undoing the adjusters all the way and separating (around the 4 min mark) and it alleviates the need for the cable lube tool. When you see lube coming out at the throttle body end youre done
I used the silicone dry lube spray and it worked a treat.
While there give the throttle tube a clean and lube as well including the handlebar tube
rob

Awesome, thanks Brutha, how good is this forum.

Hmph, Cable Life lube eh?.
Have not seen that stuff before. Guess a can'd last ten lifetimes if you only serviced your own bikes.
I have just used a few drops of clean oil for mine in the past but it does seem to attract dirt when it seeps out the other end of the cable.
Wonder if any dealers ACTUALLY do that when your bike is in for a highish KLM  service, for those who would not do it themselves?
Cool thread.

I use sewing machine oil. I lubricate the cables when I fit them and that is generally good for a few years. 

Syringe and ATF

This stuff is good too and it has a tiny hollow tube as u can see for sliding perfectly into the outer cable. Got it from a pushbike shop.  Worked a treat as mine was a bit sticky.  Saves pulling everything apart.    

fork oil....15W and flows nice.  Engine oil as a backup.  Its a throttle cable for goodness sake not the Enterprise!  (my cable has caught on once too; it was caught up in the windscreen bracket somehow)

all this discussion about lubeing things got me excited....went and did mine before next weeks trip to the murray area,omeo falls creek and brighter days.pretty simple,used a bit of 3-1 ,runs in nice.cheers

Plus 1 on the Tri-flow.

Easy way out for me - WD via the little red tube thingo but only when I feel it's a bit dry etc. (which is maybe every coupla years)