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So im an hour and a half from home and my clutch cable just snapped....I gotta get a ride home but now I have to replace my clutch cable...anything I can use or do I have to find a xs11 specific clutch cable?
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79 XS11 special "Loki" - homemade 4-2 exhaust, pod filters, rebuilt forks with progressive springs, tkat fork brace, progressive shocks, rebuilt all brakes and MC's, rebuilt carbs with #142.5 main and #42.5 pilot, a custom front and chin fairing, and a handmade set of saddlebags....
09 YZF-R1 " Toothless"
04 Buell XB12R "Butterfly"
"I had a name at some point, a birth-name, but now everyone just calls me Wolf...."
Wolf
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Tough break! I got one from my local Bent Bike. Don't think they are anything special. I'm sure the guru's here will fill in the blanks.
Good luck getting home.Bothell, WA
1980 XS1100SG -
Look on ebay. there are plenty of them on there for cheap.Greg
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.
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Btdt
I used vise grips clamped onto cable and pulled against bars for leverage as needed.
Good for emergency. Should only need the clutch to start from stop. You can do the 2500 rpm force shift/downshift otherwise.
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'81 XS1100H - "Enterprise"
Bob Jones Custom Navy bike: Tkat brace, EBC floating rotors & SS lines, ROX pivot risers, Geezer rectifier, new 3H3 engine
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ebay?
Greg I think the man was thinking more along the lines of "how do I get home"....LOLOriginally posted by BA80 View Post
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'81 XS1100H - "Enterprise"
Bob Jones Custom Navy bike: Tkat brace, EBC floating rotors & SS lines, ROX pivot risers, Geezer rectifier, new 3H3 engine
"Not all treasure is silver and gold"Comment
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XS11 clutch cable
I saw Yamahansolo show up at an XSive Riders Rally with a custom clutch cable he got at a bicycle shop. It worked well for at least 2 days, but looked lightweight & less sturdy.Originally posted by airborneXS View Post
A good used one should last a long time if kept well lubed. Might check with OEMfor me and follow his suggestions.It is a great big beautiful world out there
Brent in GA
Yamaha 80XS1100SG, HD Firefighter Special Edition 02 Road King, Honda 450 rat, 08 Buell 1125R tour modified, 83 goldwing parts bike gone-traded for XJ1100, 2014 HD electraglide policeComment
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temporary
Go to a place selling bicycle parts and find a cable long enough with the proper end to fit into the clutch handle. Run that cable into the old cable cover and grease it well putting it in. They make little conectors that can tighten down on the other end. Find one that will go into the clutch thow out arm and hold its position. If the end slips and slides your clutch operation will not work well. This will work for a little while but the clutch cable on the XS is a heavy cable and weaker cables will wear fast. You can get the right cable off EBAY for 25.00 or less including shipping. AS I do not know what resources you have that's the best suggestion I can give.
Remember the weaker cable will NOT last long so this is temporary fix suggestion.To fix the problem one should not make more assumptions than the minimum needed.
Rodan
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1980 G Silverbird
Original Yamaha Fairfing and Bags
1198 Overbore kit
Grizzly 660 ACCT
Barnett Clutch Springs
R1 Clutch Fiber Plates
122.5 Main Jets
ACCT Mod
Mac 4-2 Flare Tips
Antivibe Bar ends
Rear trunk add-on
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I purchased mine from here and it works great!
http://www.newmotorcycleparts.com/co...ch_cables.html
Should be at the very bottom of the page1979 XS1100F
1980 XS1100SG(First bike, sold)
Other bikes
1976 Kawasaki KZ400 (project)
1983 Yamaha XV920 Midnight Special
1984 Yamaha XT250 Enduro (project)Comment
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Pm me
send your adress & I'll send you a good used 1 via priority mail. then send me cost of postage, when you get it.
Tom Clisham
Age is relative YOU WON"T GET OLD TIL YOU SELL THE BIKE
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'78xs1100E ,all stock & original GONE TO WISCONSIN
'80 SG Vetter fairing,hard bags,trunk,fork brace,
stock headers with fishtail mufflers,black & beautiful GONE TO ARIZONA
79SF lowered,jardine 4/2 exhaust,pod filters,drilled rotors,fork brace, bar hopper
79SF 1 owner,8000 miles, restoring to completely original ( I hope) GONE TO FRANCEComment
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Way to go Tom, that's what I call
a friend you can count on when in dire straits
The world needs more like you
(I know there's more out there)
That's the kinda thing that gives you that warm fuzzy feeling,
warming the cockles* of one's heart
You "THE MAN"
*cockles of one's heart,
the depths of one's emotions or feelings: The happy family scene warmed the cockles of his heartLast edited by tv5150; 03-19-2012, 01:13 PM.Current Rides:
02 GL1800 Wing
79 XS1100SF Sold 10-15-12
81 XS1100H Venturer Sold 10-27-12Comment
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hey tv5150, you came through in a pinch for me as well so dont sell yourself short...lol79 XS11 special "Loki" - homemade 4-2 exhaust, pod filters, rebuilt forks with progressive springs, tkat fork brace, progressive shocks, rebuilt all brakes and MC's, rebuilt carbs with #142.5 main and #42.5 pilot, a custom front and chin fairing, and a handmade set of saddlebags....
09 YZF-R1 " Toothless"
04 Buell XB12R "Butterfly"
"I had a name at some point, a birth-name, but now everyone just calls me Wolf...."
Wolf
Moto Militia MCComment
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Get yourself an extra clutch cable and throttle cable to carry with. Save yourself some roadsid panic......
Greg
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.
The list changes.Comment
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An easy way to keep a spare if you don't have any luggage/storage space is to keep a spare cable zip-tied to the original cable. Doesn't take up much more room, and the spare is already there and routed if you need it.XS11SH :: K&N Pods, 4->1, Dynojet kit, Barnett clutch springs, TC's fuse block, ATGATT
Well, goodness. Look what we've got here.Comment
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Hi Airborne,
hopefully by now you got a ride home, your bike is stashed safe and a replacement cable is on it's way.
You can ride home clutchless but it's not a thing I'd choose to do these days.
I may be summoning my own doom here, but I haven't had a clutch cable fail on me since 1959. Modern cables and most importantly cable lubrication systems are far better now than they were then.
What the truly paranoid used to do back in the day was to tape a spare cable alongside each in-use cable so if a cable failed just pull off and swap the spare one in.
Another thing everyone carried was a little can of Renold "chain spares", two master links, one cranked link and one single link.
Modern chains are vastly improved, too.Fred Hill, S'toon
XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
"The Flying Pumpkin"Comment
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Do specials and standards use the same clutch and throttle cables?BAMN!
'81 XS1100H "Brutus"Comment
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