remote clutch mastercylinder..

[scuderia]

anyone see a reason one of these couldn't be hidden under the tank and have a juice clutch but keeping a cable on the bars?

 

[laverdakeith]

They are a bit enormous, I would say you would struggle to fit one of them under a standard tank without compromiosing something else. When I do my hydraulic clutch conversions I fit a small rectangular Brembo master cyl up on the bars, if you do the brake at the same time it looks dead smart.


   Keith.

 

[CLEMTOG]

I did a similar thing about 3 decades ago when I was racing a monty, I installed a cable from the rear brake master cylinder to a second lever at the clutch side of the handlebar, because I favoured being able to use the rear brake, when my left foot was a)incapacitated by injury and b) when everything was dragging on the tarmac, and tip toes where needed on the pegs. It worked OK, but the mechanical leverage did a few queer things, and needs to be thought of, there was not a lot of travel at the bars, which worked for what I was doing, it might not work for you, plus that master cylinder as keith says is a monstrous heavy thing which might even be cast iron
CLEM

 

[Tippie]

Holy fark, Clem, you were a braver man than I?ve ever been. Hitting the back brake while scraping a Monty!!!
Scuderia, some Guzzis used the remote brake master cylinder, probably to reduce crash expenses, but we all know Lavs handle too well/are too valuable to crash. You will be introducing friction elements to your system, which can make operation heavier. Then there are the piston diameter/lever ratios etc to take into account. If it is just the cosmetics you hate, swap your great hydraulic system for a cable setup with anyone on the forum.

 

[Paul Marx]

I seem to remember BMW R90S having a cable operated hydraulic clutch with fluid reservoir under tank.

Why not simply put a cable operated clutch on it?

Ciao
Paul

 

[scuderia]

thanks fellas, the unit in the photo is from a BMW R90/6 looks a bit bigger in the photo..
Thanks Clem, i currently have a rekluse setup on my dirt bike with the rear brake where the clutch used to be and it's amazing the finesse you have braking with your hand as opposed to your foot!!
keith, could you post more photos of that bike/ or do you have a gallery somewhere? I've been laboring over whether to polish the forks or paint em black and you have me leaning towards black again... would love to see more photos looks amazing.
Don

 

[Vince]

I see you Recluse and left handlebar brake and raise it to,my 05 TE 250 Husky with a Recluse centrifugal clutch,both left handlebar and foot brake both connected with the Recluse kit and the clutch master and lever on a 50mm long dummy handlebar mounted just below the full handlebar on a Barkbuster mount.That makes 3 levers,std clutch valve lifter and rear brake on the left bar.If you stall on a big hill and stop the motor there is no engine braking even in gear so the left bar brake stops you cartwheeling backwards.I love the Recluse but there are problems without the handlebar brake.

 

[Dellortoman]

You were lucky (said in Monty Python voice)

Years ago, a mate had a Suzuki Titan (500 2-stroke twin). He had a fall while rock-climbing, breaking his right shoulder and some bones in his left foot. He came out of hospital with his right arm strapped across his chest and plaster cast on his left ankle and foot. The Suzuki was his only form of transport and he needed it to get around. So he moved the throttle twistgrip and front brake lever to the left handlebar where it shared a rather crowded space with the clutch lever. He also put a crossover gear change onto the right side, so the gear lever sat next to the brake pedal.

After a bit of practice, he was able to ride it OK, braking and changing gear with the right foot, while clutch, throttle and front brake were done with the left hand. He said the trickiest bit was getting used to the throttle working backwards (twist it forward to go, back for slow).

He said it was good for security. No would-be bike thief would be able to ride it! 

Cheers,
Cam

 

[Vince]

I have done a couple of trail rides with Porky Eldridge,he has a prosthetic right leg that to put it nicely reduces his ability to have a back brake so he uses one of those Clake gadgets,its one lever on the left bar that combines the clutch and rear brake.I cannot remember if the first bit of lever travel is clutch or brake or visa versa.There crazy expensive,bit more than a $1000oz.By the time I had sorted and stuff around doing my even crazier Recluse kit plus the bar and foot brake kit, 3 levers on the bar thing I was a few hundred past that,once you start modifying stuff its all down hill from there.MUST STOP DOING THAT

 

[Ed Case]

An interesting task to take on but why not get a D****i 748 etc m/c with the 'cotton-reel' reservoir (sometimes available off Ebay), fits a treat and 'lightens-up' the clutch lever considerably, at least it did on my RGA Sprint.

 

[CLEMTOG]

not bravery Tippie
was very usefull for preventing wheelspin in the wet on exiting corners, the slightest "twitch" and you could damp it with just the slightest rear brake pressure, once you get familiar with it, you can make use of the same thing in the dry.
CLEM