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  • yamahansolo
    XS-XJ Guru
    • Aug 2007
    • 1113
    • jawga
    #1

    dang clutch cable

    i have renthal bars and the stock perch makes the clutch really hard to operate. i have installed my xj11 perch and it is slightly better. but the mirror angle is now dicked up... i have tried a billion ways to route it and it binds up from all the bends. maybe i'll go hydrolic??? or the off road place down the st has about 20 styles of aftermarket perches...

    any ideas???
    " She'll make point five past lightspeed. She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid. I've made a lot of special modifications myself. "

    79 xs11 standard
    xs pods, Kerker 4-1, zrx1200r carbs mikesxs coils 35k voltz of power!!!
    8mm msd wires
    tkat fork brace...
    Fox shocks...
    mikes650 front fender
    led's gallore...
    renthal bars
    gold valve emulators
    vmax tensioner
    Rifle fairing
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    • dbeardslee
      XS-XJ Super Guru
      • Nov 2007
      • 4385
      • Maineville, OH
      #2
      When is the last time you lubed the cable? One thing that made a big difference on mine was adjusting the clutch (at the clutch) while it was at full operating temperature. In the past I'd always done it cold, but when the weather got hot it would just barely disengage the clutch once it warmed up. I went for a ride with a bud early in the season, and while I was waiting for him in the parking lot I adjusted it to compensate at the handlebar so it would fully disengage - just till I could get it home and do it right. GAWD that made the clutch heavy! My whole left arm was cramping by the time I got home . The next day I got it up to full operating temp, and adjusted it at the clutch (detached cable, loosened lock nut, backed off center screw one turn, back in until light contact was felt, backed off 1/4 turn, tightened the lock nut with a screwdriver on the adjuster to keep it from turning, reattached cable, and adjusted at the handlebar for 1-2mm slack at the lever). For whatever reason I could feel the adjusting screw make contact better while the motor was hot than I ever felt it cold. That made a big difference at the clutch lever. Even with the HD clutch springs it feels much lighter.
      I think I have a loose screw behind the handlebars.

      '79 XS11 Standard, Jardine 4/1, Dyna DC1-1 Coils, 145 mains, 45 pilots, plastic floats - 25.7mm, XV920 fuel valves, inline fuel filters, speed bleeders, Mikes XS pods, spade-type fuse block, fork brace, progressive fork springs/shocks, manual petcocks, 750 FD, Venture cam chain tensioner, SS brake lines

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        • fredintoon
          Master of XSology
          • Mar 2004
          • 6795
          • Saskatoon SK
          #3
          Originally posted by yamahansolo
          i have renthal bars and the stock perch makes the clutch really hard to operate. i have installed my xj11 perch and it is slightly better. but the mirror angle is now dicked up... i have tried a billion ways to route it and it binds up from all the bends. maybe i'll go hydrolic??? or the off road place down the st has about 20 styles of aftermarket perches...

          any ideas???
          Hi 'solo,
          you have sprayed cleaner and then new lubricant all through the cable so it's nice and free until you put it back on the bike?
          It's all those tight bends the cable has to make to be neatly hidden under the tank what's doing it.
          What I did was to run the cable in one simple swoop from the lever to the clutch.
          Never mind that the cable shows, the effort to pull in the clutch is reduced by half.
          Fred Hill, S'toon
          XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
          "The Flying Pumpkin"

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