Cb350 stalls when turning left. Kill switch wire or throttle cable pull?

Todd123

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Hi I just installed some clubmans on my ‘70 cb350 but didn’t reroute the throttle cable as it looked fine at the time but now when I turn the handlebars to the left for a sharp turn or u turn and the engine cuts out (sometimes it doesn’t during testing). Sometimes it bogs and the rpms drop before shutting down and other times it just cuts out immediately. Am I right in thinking it was the throttle cable and needs to be relocated or could the kill switch be getting pulled on? There’s enough slack on the ignition cables and I tried tugging on it while the handlebars are turned left to see if it was the cause but sometime I can’t get it to go off. Any suggestions would be helpful!
 
Usually a throttle cable would tighten when the handlebar is turned and that would cause rpms to increase, so I think it's more likely an intermittent short occurring when the handlebar is turned. Sometimes the short lasts long enough to kill the motor, but other times it's momentary and the engine stumbles, but doesn't fully stop.

Was your change from stock handlebars (with wiring through the handlebar tube) directly to the clubman bar? Is the wiring now outside the bar? It would be worth inspecting the wires to the kill switch and double-checking all connections inside the headlight bucket. Pictures of your handlebar setup might help, too.
 
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