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  • Broke My 2nd Clutch Cable & Actuator Arm in 1 Year

    Leaving my 2nd job at the shop, clutch cable breaks at the handlebar. No big deal, have a spare a few feet away. Go to lift the actuator arm to get the ball in the socket . . . SNAP! So, had to go to my storage wnd cannibalize my spare engine. Swapped the new one on. Wondering what the issue was. Noticed some vertical slop between the lever and the mount. Ball peen to close the gap, and maybe that'll prevent the cable rubbing? Ordered another MP clutch cable, and a MP throttle cable from a XJ750 (shorter) for the trip next weekend. It'll be the same tool kit as last time, except a bigger first aid kit. That drunk Harley guy used my whole kit up at the Lost Rally.

    Spending the day today putting new fuel line on, clamps on vacuum hoses, syncing the carbs again, cleaning-up the engine paint, maybe re-paint the tank, side cover, and cowl emblems.
    1979 XS1100F
    2H9 Mod, Truck-Lite LED Headlight, TECHNA-FIT S/S Brake Lines, Rear Air Shocks, TKAT Fork Brace, Dyna DC-I Coils, TC Fuse Block, Barnett HD Clutch Springs, Superbike Handlebars, V-Star 650 ACCT, NGK Irridium Plugs, OEM Exhaust. CNC-Cut 2nd Gear Dogs; Ported/Milled Head; Modded Airbox: 8x8 Wix Panel Filter; #137.5 Main Jet, Viper Yellow Paint, Michelin Pilot Activ F/R, Interstate AGM Battery, 14MM MC, Maier Fairing, Cree LED Fog Lights.

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    Yup... I've snapped a few of those actuator arms as well. I wish someone with access to a machine shop would whittle out a few for us out of something a little less brittle.
    Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.

    You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!

    Current bikes:
    '06 Suzuki DR650
    *'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
    '82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
    '82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
    '82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
    '82 XJ1100 Parts bike
    '81 XS1100 Special
    '81 YZ250
    '80 XS850 Special
    '80 XR100
    *Crashed/Totalled, still own

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