Hey all, I just talk with a guy from Magura USA. They make hydraulic clutch conversions for motorcycles. They don't make one for our GSs, though said they might have an interest to do so or would help us in making one for ourselves. I was just wondering if there would be enough interest here to get them to build a few for us. I don't know the cost yet, just seeing if there was any interest first.
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Passing interest only.
If I had a clutch that was hard to pull or had other problems, I might have a little more interest,
but right now, everything is working quite well.
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Naw, not me, I'd be more interested in converting my hydraulic clutches to cable.1983 GS1100E, 1983 CB1100F, 1991 GSX1100G, 1996 Kaw. ZL600 Eliminator, 1999 Bandit 1200S, 2005 Bandit 1200S, 2000 Kaw. ZRX 1100Comment
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A new OEM clutch cable is $25, lasts many thousands of miles with no maintenance at all and has solved every problem I have ever had with a hard clutch pull. Why mess with success?
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I did a hydraulic clutch conversion on my '78 GS750. bought the slave cylinder and master cylinder from ebay and the lines from HEL Performance. Had to get a local engineer to fettle a bracket to hold the slave cylinder onto the casing but haven't missed the cable once.Comment
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319 euros SSJ!!!
Cobble something together from a madura or other hydraulic clutched suzuki of the past.1983 GS 550 LD
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Hey MrBill,
Why don’t you get an “automatic” transmission motorcycle? Lol
Seriously, are your hands getting to a point where gripping/squeezing is becoming painful?
I would imagine your Spyder has a clutch with ease of the squeeze factor...the GS, not so much.
Good luck in finding potential customers for said requirement.
Ed
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my opinion shouldn't be taken as gospel or in any way that would lead you to believe otherwise (30Sep2021)
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Here, here!
Little brother commented how hard my 11E's clutch was compared to our HDs (2015 Dyna Low Rider & 2016 883 Sporty). "There's horsepower connected to that lever," I told him.
A few years back I wanted to install a slipper clutch on Suzie (rear end never skids, she bucks. Violently...threw me once).
But that would violate the KISS principle. The fewer moving parts, the better. Fewer things to break. Read Marcus Aurelius. Of each particular thing ask: what is it in itself? You get the idea...I'm going to open a nice Chianti.
1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red
2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.Comment
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Don't forget the Fava beans....97 R1100R
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And liver. I read recently that it's a medical inside joke. That Hannibal's mental condition would likely call for the use of MAO Inhibitors, and that there are three things that should never be mixed with that medicine - beans, wine, and...liver (human or otherwise).
That Lector was implying that at the time, he was not taking his meds. Such a naughty boy.
1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red
2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.Comment
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Mr Bill!
I need to message you! Busy as always...right?
You're sending out a "feeler" and not looking for customers...I get it.
Ed
****GS750TZ V&H/4-1, Progressive Shocks, Rebuilt MC/braided line, Tarozzi Stabilizer[Seq#2312]
GS750TZ Parts Bike [Seq#6036]
GSX-R750Y (Sold)
my opinion shouldn't be taken as gospel or in any way that would lead you to believe otherwise (30Sep2021)
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