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Cruiser
Posts: 65
Newburgh,IN | Hey Gang:
Has anyone had a Clutch Assit Mechanism or an EZ Clutch installed on their Vision.
Thanks
Dave |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 742
North Orange County CA | The Vision has a hydraulic mechanism so the ez-clutch type products are not an appropriate fix to reduce lever pull.
Some guys with carpal tunnel or arthritis have switched the Vision components out with those from the XC or the Vision 8 Ball which I understand use a cable actuated clutch.
Im sure somebody on the board can tell you how to do it and what parts you need. |
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Visionary
Posts: 8144
New Bohemia, VA | yes, i'm waiting to hear more on this subject. I may to go this route, especially in the cold where functionality of my left hand drops dramatically and I refuse to stop riding because of it. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 804
Perry Hall, MD | Chris,
If you can hook up with Teach I believe that he did the conversion - not sure if he posted anything here that would explain it. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 742
North Orange County CA | Had to put on my thinking cap, after a little searching I found these links for you.
http://forums.thevmc.com/bb/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=90421&posts=...
http://forums.thevmc.com/bb/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=90486&posts=...
Good luck
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Tourer
Posts: 499
Chattanooga, TN | Uncle Dave,
I changed out the clutch fluid a few weeks back. The clutch had gotten hard to pull and didn't fully engage when released. It has gotten 100% better since the change, like new once again. It was a pain in the arse to bleed when I accidentally ran the clutch reservoir dry, but worth it. Now, you've been warned!! |
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Visionary
Posts: 8144
New Bohemia, VA | Thanks TP99, I'm doing my homework on this but I don't see anywhere what the devise looks like, the E-Z clutch, or how it is installed or what the cost is, I'm still looing though, and thinking. Things are kinda tight at the moment and I don't want to be screwing around with the bike and not be able to ride at all. While looking for E-Z clutch information I came across other clutch helpers adding to my confusion. Fortunately I believe I survive another winter as I got it figured out how to disengage my clutch when I lose my overall grip in the cold. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 741
Central New York | varyder - If I were in your situation I would look at a different direction. I would look for a used master cylinder from a "parts out" Vision wreck. I would then examine if and how the piston cylinder could be bored out and by how much. A "friend" in a machine could spin you a new piston if needed. Or maybe just some oversize rubbers. I would think a few thousandths increase would make a huge leverage difference.
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Visionary
Posts: 2300
Georgia, west of Atlanta | This could be important for all of us as we stretch out our riding careers................. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 742
North Orange County CA |
"Give me a place to stand and a lever long enough and I will move the world" Archimedes, 220 BC
From what can tell its just a longer ,fancier lever to replace the stock clutch actuating lever. Gotta love "modern" technological advances.
http://www.victoryonly.com/ACCESSORIES/easy_clutch.htm
Edited by Tarpits99 2010-10-11 9:30 AM
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Cruiser
Posts: 62
ESCALON CA. | had to make my own for wifes 2010 vegas , she loves it. |
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Visionary
Posts: 1290
Ruskin, Fl | I have no problem with the pull on mine as of now. Id get that just cause it looks good! |
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Cruiser
Posts: 65
Newburgh,IN | Guys:
Thanks for the suggestions. I will have to dig a little harder. My 08 isn't super hard to pull or anything, but I'm not 20 yrs old anymore either. Might check into replacing the fluid.
Thanks
Dave |
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Cruiser
Posts: 65
Newburgh,IN | Tarpits:
It says it will not work on my 2008 Vision. Too bad for me.
Dave |
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Cruiser
Posts: 65
Newburgh,IN | Thanks Baadawg!! |
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Tourer
Posts: 401
| There is a small company in CA that made a billet slave cylinder conversion for my Spyder, and it works great.
Maybe if enough of us ping on him, he might think it is a worth while venture to make one for the Vision.
Thier web site is:
http://evoluzione.net/evo-cycle-can-am.htm
I have already pinged him. |
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