Clutch cable breaks on my V-Strom after just 6000 km: Bad quality?

I have ordered an extra cable to keep as a backup in the under-seat storage, should this happen to me again

BHPian ramubwoyy recently shared this with other enthusiasts.

Hi all,

Wanted to share an incident regarding Stormy. I had gone for a short morning ride near my house. I was taking a turn in third gear, pulled the clutch, exited the turn, and slowly let the clutch go while giving an ample amount of throttle. The bike begins to jerk back and forth and ends up stalling.

My first reaction is that I have lugged the engine and stalled it, so I reflexively pull in the clutch to shift to 1st and restart the engine. I shockingly discover that the clutch lever has gone limp! It dawns on me that my clutch cable is gone. I try to shift the bike to neutral somehow but it outright refuses. I called RSA and my dad (who was nearby) for help. We managed to get the bike into neutral by taking out the clutch cable and doing jugaad by holding the cable in our hands and shifting it (pics attached below). RSA arrives roughly 40 minutes later.

The technician informed me that the cable was supremely frayed (didn't get a chance to take a picture as I was in a completely different mind space then). But the end that went towards the engine side looked so frayed, that I wondered how it had gone around that morning. I thanked the gods that it happened so close to home and not on a highway far away from home.

My question to fellow riders is: My bike has just clocked over 6K kms, the second service was done a few weeks back, how can the clutch cable break so easily? Is the quality so bad for stock clutch cables these days (Brake pads fading too fast have become a common problem in the Indian motorcycling scene)? I have ordered an extra cable to keep as a backup in the under-seat storage, should this happen to me again, but is there anything else I can do to prevent this from happening?

Check out BHPian comments for more insights and information.