Clutch Questions....."Hydraulic"?
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My opinion:
1. Cable clutch is not hard to adjust, once you know how. Hydraulic will need the fluid changed/bleed (I think they recommend every 2 years) so its not without maintenance, and probably a bigger pain in the butt to do that lubing/adjusting the cable.
2. Hydraulic is expensive.
3. Hydraulic is no less easy to pull than the current cable clutch (better than pre-06, but not after that)
4. Hydraulic does not have as good a FEEL if your feathering the clutch, say in low speed turns.
If I had built my motor up to the point of needed a really stiff clutch spring, I might consider Hydraulic, but in any other case, I would stay with the cable.
1. Cable clutch is not hard to adjust, once you know how. Hydraulic will need the fluid changed/bleed (I think they recommend every 2 years) so its not without maintenance, and probably a bigger pain in the butt to do that lubing/adjusting the cable.
2. Hydraulic is expensive.
3. Hydraulic is no less easy to pull than the current cable clutch (better than pre-06, but not after that)
4. Hydraulic does not have as good a FEEL if your feathering the clutch, say in low speed turns.
If I had built my motor up to the point of needed a really stiff clutch spring, I might consider Hydraulic, but in any other case, I would stay with the cable.
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For flyingace:
Hydraulics need fluid maintenance at about the same interval as your hydraulic brakes. It's basically a single piston brake system.
Yes, there's some expense involved.
My clutch is considerably easier to disengage than a cable clutch, & *WAY* smoother on engagement.
Mine is just fine for feathering.
All those issues were things I heard from every shop & mechanic I talked to about hydraulic clutches on Harleys. After two hydraulic clutches on metric motorcycles I'm glad I ignored the nay sayers.
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