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V3 clutch drag
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<blockquote data-quote="Oldhaven" data-source="post: 66219" data-attributes="member: 2879"><p>Well, the results from today's work: </p><p></p><p>With the old G91/1, adjusting for best travel, .053 - .054" lift measured at the V3 center button (depending on how I released the bar lever, slowly or fast)</p><p>With new style G91/1, readjusted for best travel, .058 -.059"</p><p>After putting a slight bend away from the bar in the bar hand lever to allow slightly more travel before bottoming on grip, readjusted, .062-.063"</p><p>I already had the mod adjuster in the cover, so that is a constant. The new G91/1 hits it at its very edge and I don't think it can be any bigger in diameter. The plates are still lifting squarely.</p><p>From this anecdotal experience, the new g91/1 seems to have improved things by 9-10%, and getting the bar lever to travel farther, another 8-9% for a total 0f .009-.010" more lift. This is probably significant. I adjusted the G91/1 to just kiss the cable abutment at end of hand travel, with no cold play, as Greg suggested. This left some available space for more travel with slack cable, but it is just not available in the system, and the only way I can see to improve that would be to get more at the pivot centers in the clutch hand lever and increase cable stiffness. I wonder what other bikes with this clutch pack or similar are seeing for lift. This 1/16th" should be plenty. I had to relieve the new G91 at the bottom where it fits in the cover slot as it had a machining ridge that made it stiff, but saw no need to remove any other material since it would not have made any difference in increasing travel as it did not use all the available space.</p><p></p><p>Weather looks clear but cold here tomorrow, so I will probably try a short end of season run to try it out. I will then pull the cable and send it off as a pattern for a linear wound one that should compress less, since it looks like extra bar lever travel and the least possible cable compression may have as much or more beneficial effect as the new parts at the other end. I don't have any fluid in the clutch right now and will probably run it dry next season, filling it for a short run to get it wet, then draining it for the rest of the year or until something changes or feels different.</p><p></p><p>Ron</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldhaven, post: 66219, member: 2879"] Well, the results from today's work: With the old G91/1, adjusting for best travel, .053 - .054" lift measured at the V3 center button (depending on how I released the bar lever, slowly or fast) With new style G91/1, readjusted for best travel, .058 -.059" After putting a slight bend away from the bar in the bar hand lever to allow slightly more travel before bottoming on grip, readjusted, .062-.063" I already had the mod adjuster in the cover, so that is a constant. The new G91/1 hits it at its very edge and I don't think it can be any bigger in diameter. The plates are still lifting squarely. From this anecdotal experience, the new g91/1 seems to have improved things by 9-10%, and getting the bar lever to travel farther, another 8-9% for a total 0f .009-.010" more lift. This is probably significant. I adjusted the G91/1 to just kiss the cable abutment at end of hand travel, with no cold play, as Greg suggested. This left some available space for more travel with slack cable, but it is just not available in the system, and the only way I can see to improve that would be to get more at the pivot centers in the clutch hand lever and increase cable stiffness. I wonder what other bikes with this clutch pack or similar are seeing for lift. This 1/16th" should be plenty. I had to relieve the new G91 at the bottom where it fits in the cover slot as it had a machining ridge that made it stiff, but saw no need to remove any other material since it would not have made any difference in increasing travel as it did not use all the available space. Weather looks clear but cold here tomorrow, so I will probably try a short end of season run to try it out. I will then pull the cable and send it off as a pattern for a linear wound one that should compress less, since it looks like extra bar lever travel and the least possible cable compression may have as much or more beneficial effect as the new parts at the other end. I don't have any fluid in the clutch right now and will probably run it dry next season, filling it for a short run to get it wet, then draining it for the rest of the year or until something changes or feels different. Ron [/QUOTE]
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