My manual recommended, when replacing throttle cable, tying the new on the the old one and pulling it into place with the old one as I pulled it out, worked a treat
unfortunately I don'y think you're at a place where that's helpful, aside from next time you replace the cable

0nly clear pic I have from the ssm is for the 06
from the front looking back down and left of the front brake hose to top of forks cross piece
thru the spring retainer l > R @ spring retainer
throttle, R sw wire cable,brake hose in the center,L sw wire cable, clutch cable
while sitting on bike
right side of neck  along right side of right frame, clamp just above gas tank rubber
along frame to carb

verslagen1 wrote on 02/04/16 at 21:44:26:

it worked great on the one I bent up in the crash, too, though that was still basically straight for most of it's lenth