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  • D. P. Larmee
    XStremely XSive
    • May 2003
    • 224
    • Evanston, IL

    #1

    Partsnmore Master Cylinder

    It seems that it has been nearly a year now since people posted that they were upgrading to a new front master cylinder from partsnmore. It sounded as though most people were initially pretty happy with this product. I was just curious how the passage of time has affected their opinion of it. Are they still working well? Any problems that people contemplating buying one ought to know about?

    Thanks,

    Dan
    1980 XS 1100 Standard
    1980 XS 1100 Special
    1982 XJ 1100
    1972 Honda CB 350
  • poorboy112597
    XSive
    • Jul 2003
    • 80
    • Chicago

    #2
    I'm still very happy with mine, It looks better than OEM and I have better braking power than before. Than again, I do have the SS brake lines too. That made a night and day difference. I would give it a thumbs up!
    Adrian

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    • Upright
      XSive
      • Jun 2004
      • 90
      • Kansas City

      #3
      I'm thinking about upgrading mine. What master cylinder did people upgrade to?
      '79 XS11F Standard

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      • Pat Kelly
        XS-XJ Super Guru
        • Jul 2002
        • 3046
        • Golden Valley, AZ

        #4
        Mine's working fine still, happy as can be.
        Pat Kelly
        <p-lkelly@sbcglobal.net>

        1978 XS1100E (The Force)
        1980 XS1100LG (The Dark Side)
        2007 Dodge Ram 2500 quad-cab long-bed (Wifes ride)
        1999 Suburban (The Ship)
        1994 Dodge Spirit (Son #1)
        1968 F100 (Valentine)

        "No one is totally useless. They can always be used as a bad example"

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        • Pat Kelly
          XS-XJ Super Guru
          • Jul 2002
          • 3046
          • Golden Valley, AZ

          #5
          Upright,
          When I bought mine I got 2 of them, one for wife's XS750. Never installed hers and the bike is sold. I can pass it along to you for my cost of $70 + shipping if you're interested.
          P-LKelly@sbcglobal.net
          Pat Kelly
          <p-lkelly@sbcglobal.net>

          1978 XS1100E (The Force)
          1980 XS1100LG (The Dark Side)
          2007 Dodge Ram 2500 quad-cab long-bed (Wifes ride)
          1999 Suburban (The Ship)
          1994 Dodge Spirit (Son #1)
          1968 F100 (Valentine)

          "No one is totally useless. They can always be used as a bad example"

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          • railroad
            XSive
            • Aug 2004
            • 28
            • San Diego,CA

            #6
            partsnmore brake lever

            Having short stubby fingers does it have a adjustable lever like most of the modern bikes do?? if not what is the distance from where the index finger would rest to the grip??
            Thanks
            SETH MILLER

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            • Pat Kelly
              XS-XJ Super Guru
              • Jul 2002
              • 3046
              • Golden Valley, AZ

              #7
              no adjustment.
              3" to front of my grip, 4 1/4" to rear of grip. I have the original grips on my bike.
              Pat Kelly
              <p-lkelly@sbcglobal.net>

              1978 XS1100E (The Force)
              1980 XS1100LG (The Dark Side)
              2007 Dodge Ram 2500 quad-cab long-bed (Wifes ride)
              1999 Suburban (The Ship)
              1994 Dodge Spirit (Son #1)
              1968 F100 (Valentine)

              "No one is totally useless. They can always be used as a bad example"

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              • TopCatGr58
                Administrator
                • Jul 2002
                • 12650
                • Portsmouth, Va.

                #8
                Hey Pat, and D.P.,

                If you look at the picture of the MC, you can see a set screw and lock nut on the end of the lever where it pushes in the piston, that is where you can adjust it, so that the lever applies pressure with very little pull, or only until you pull it a lot more closer to the hand grips!?

                The actual lever doesn't adjust in position when not applying the brakes, but you can grasp the lever and still hold onto the hand grips with shorter fingers IF you set the lever to NOT apply piston pressure until you pull the lever closer.
                HTH. TC.
                T. C. Gresham
                81SH "Godzilla" . . .1179cc super-rat.
                79SF "The Teacher" . . .basket case!
                History shows again and again,
                How nature points out the folly of men!

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                • Pat Kelly
                  XS-XJ Super Guru
                  • Jul 2002
                  • 3046
                  • Golden Valley, AZ

                  #9
                  I was looking at that adjustment and got to thinking...
                  If you put a spacer of some kind (glue a washer or two?) between the lever and perch in the gap to allow the lever to sit closer to the grip at rest, that might ease the reach.
                  Pat Kelly
                  <p-lkelly@sbcglobal.net>

                  1978 XS1100E (The Force)
                  1980 XS1100LG (The Dark Side)
                  2007 Dodge Ram 2500 quad-cab long-bed (Wifes ride)
                  1999 Suburban (The Ship)
                  1994 Dodge Spirit (Son #1)
                  1968 F100 (Valentine)

                  "No one is totally useless. They can always be used as a bad example"

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                  • TopCatGr58
                    Administrator
                    • Jul 2002
                    • 12650
                    • Portsmouth, Va.

                    #10
                    Hey Pat,

                    Great idea, but just build it up with JB Weld or such, but yeah, it should work nicely, and should position the lever much closer to the bar/grip!
                    T.C.
                    T. C. Gresham
                    81SH "Godzilla" . . .1179cc super-rat.
                    79SF "The Teacher" . . .basket case!
                    History shows again and again,
                    How nature points out the folly of men!

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                    • 81xsproject
                      XS-XJ Super Guru
                      • Nov 2004
                      • 3185
                      • Fortuna, CA

                      #11
                      poorboy,
                      what exactly are the "SS" brake lines?
                      '81 XS1100 SH

                      Melted to the ground during The Valley Fire

                      Sep. 12th 2015

                      RIP

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                      • randy
                        XS-XJ Guru
                        • Dec 2003
                        • 4521

                        #12
                        "SS" is short for Stainless Steel.

                        Randy

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                        • fvincent
                          Truly XSive
                          • Jul 2002
                          • 115
                          • Syracuse, New York

                          #13
                          Front master cylinder

                          Anyone know the part number of the partsnmore master cylinder?

                          Thanks

                          Floyd
                          1080G

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                          • TopCatGr58
                            Administrator
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 12650
                            • Portsmouth, Va.

                            #14
                            Hey Floyd,

                            Just go to their main page, and it's right there in the upper right corner. It's PART#08-0264.
                            T.C.
                            T. C. Gresham
                            81SH "Godzilla" . . .1179cc super-rat.
                            79SF "The Teacher" . . .basket case!
                            History shows again and again,
                            How nature points out the folly of men!

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                            • fvincent
                              Truly XSive
                              • Jul 2002
                              • 115
                              • Syracuse, New York

                              #15
                              Part# (thanks TC!)

                              Thanks TC!

                              Floyd '80G

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