hydraulic clutch conversion on 885I

[fattyjr]

Finally got round to sorting a few issues with my tiger.  Had to strip, clean and rebuild the calipers with new stainless pistons.

Next job was to sort out the clutch.  i had ordered a wemoto clutch cable ready to install but had been playing with the idea of converting to a hydraulic clutch.  Only one I could find off the shelf was the magura setup which is rather expensive.  I was webflicking and found a nice little clutch slave from a supplier that was £20 delivered.  I had a triumph clutch master off a sprint that acutally matched the tiger brake master. 

The clutch slave even bolted up to the original bracket on the engine.  Little bit of playing with it and making a hose up and it works like a charm.  Going to take it for a spin tomorrow and report back

[thebiglad]

Well done there mate, good, cheap improvement for your bike.

How does she ride with the new clutch arrangement? What are the advantages of hydraulic actuation?

Cheers
Dave

[Chris Canning]

There's another thread with photos about fitting such,one of the reasons I bought my my XR is because it has a clutch cable I've 2 bike with hydraulic clutches they go belly up out on the road your stuffed.

[fattyjr]

Ive had hydraulic clutches and cable clutches go down so they are about equal for failure.  cable clutches require oiling

The hydraulic setup will adjust it's self a little as you use it.  I can adjust the slave cylinder if i need to as well.

I have just got to rotate the lever a little as it feels out of position a bit.

[Chris Canning]

How long they last wasn't what I was on about I carry a spare cable foe the Tiger and can fix it in minutes I'm not about to carry both a master and a slave cylinder with me.

[fattyjr]

Then again If I have problem, I only got to call Fatty Sr with thunderbird 2

[Chris Canning]

Having been everywhere from the Polish boarder to southern Spain on ours and just about everywhere else inbetween 'Hello dad I'm a 1000 + miles away' just wouldn't work 

[fattyjr]