In an effort to lighten the pull of a very heavy clutch, I fitted one of these to the Norton Commando awhile back. The Venhill Featherlight cables have a stainless steel cable running in a teflon lined outer. Just by changing to the Venhill, clutch pull went from a measured 24 pounds down to 16 pounds.
Changing the stack height got the pull down even lower to the one finger range, but that is a Norton story.
The Venhill worked so well on the Norton that I decided to replace all the cables on the Oz Rapide with Venhill Featherlights. These were custom made to drawings I sent them. The cables arrived today and they are beautifully done.
The front brake cable was the main item of concern as the old one hada visible wear mark below the balance beam. This was the result of a stripped thread in the balance beam allowing the adjuster to sit cocked on the beam.
Since the beam thread was stripped on one side, I decided to have the cables made using standard 8 mm adjusters. I drilled out the other side a tiny amount to allow the adjuster to slide in. Locknuts on te djusters below and above the beam hold the adjusters solidly in place.
I asked that the brake cables be made up in their standard clutch/brake weight, however the builder went up a couple of sizes. The result is a very skookum affair, perhaps similar in weight to the special heavy duty VOC Spares item? The Venhill has the added advantage of the teflon liner, which is super slippery and never requires lubrication.
They also made up throttle cables with special steel bends which thread directly into the carb caps. Very nice stuff!
I wonder if Ian Savage might consider having Venhill make up some Vincent cables? Most will want the standard 5/16" x 26 tpi adjusters on the front brake cable, so those would likely have to be sourced and supplied to Venhill. Other than that, they have everything needed, even found the special 1/4" cylindtcal nipples with finger pull that go at bottom of the brake cables.
Changing the stack height got the pull down even lower to the one finger range, but that is a Norton story.
The Venhill worked so well on the Norton that I decided to replace all the cables on the Oz Rapide with Venhill Featherlights. These were custom made to drawings I sent them. The cables arrived today and they are beautifully done.
The front brake cable was the main item of concern as the old one hada visible wear mark below the balance beam. This was the result of a stripped thread in the balance beam allowing the adjuster to sit cocked on the beam.
Since the beam thread was stripped on one side, I decided to have the cables made using standard 8 mm adjusters. I drilled out the other side a tiny amount to allow the adjuster to slide in. Locknuts on te djusters below and above the beam hold the adjusters solidly in place.
I asked that the brake cables be made up in their standard clutch/brake weight, however the builder went up a couple of sizes. The result is a very skookum affair, perhaps similar in weight to the special heavy duty VOC Spares item? The Venhill has the added advantage of the teflon liner, which is super slippery and never requires lubrication.
They also made up throttle cables with special steel bends which thread directly into the carb caps. Very nice stuff!
I wonder if Ian Savage might consider having Venhill make up some Vincent cables? Most will want the standard 5/16" x 26 tpi adjusters on the front brake cable, so those would likely have to be sourced and supplied to Venhill. Other than that, they have everything needed, even found the special 1/4" cylindtcal nipples with finger pull that go at bottom of the brake cables.
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