550 F2 started!

[amx1992]

I made a hydraulic clutch for my 400, using the seal from a hope master cylinder (10mm ish), and machining a cylinder and piston out of some aluminium. Worked really well and the clutch was really light, too light for me really. I ended up swapping back to cable with a bearing in the pivot.

I've just mocked it up so you can see roughly how it looked

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[Laverdaroo]

Haven't had a chnce to read any of this yet but going to...not ignoring you all, looks fascinated but hard at it and havent had a 30mins sot to have a proper digest..............

thanks all

[K2-K6]

Nice work and overall concept am.

Yes you'd certainly get a potent ratio with that bore size, think you're right at 10mm or they may be 10.5mm. Probably from a mc like this one

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Same concept by pulling but using a piston and seal from a caliper at 15mm (still with mc shaft seal though) and perhaps a coil spring in blind end of cylinder to help return piston and avoid holding force against clutch could be a development step.

[K2-K6]

Thinking that through  it's the other way round regarding ratio and slave bore size. Larger piston will give less travel and more power to accentuate how easy it is to operate.  Hope now make a smaller mc piston (9mm I think) in their 4 series brake system that may help, but with this of course adding to the bike's original ratios accumulated from the cam and cable lever effects built in .

You'll likely need the bigger sized piston if going straight to the clutch push rod as it will delete those leverage elements built in above.

[Laverdaroo]

Right…………exciting and hurried unwrapping commences


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[andy120t]

Hold on with the unwrapping - It's still 4 days until Christmas!

[Laverdaroo]

I have Andy

Well, proper chuffed with that!
It’s come out really nicely


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[Oddjob]

Thought you were going for nut brown??? I know you steered Ted away from it just so you could be the first 

[Sesman]

Yup, nice job that- really smart..

[Bryanj]

Be running by boxing day

[SPR]

That looks excellent - going to be a cracking bike when assembled

[Laverdaroo]

Thought you were going for nut brown??? I know you steered Ted away from it just so you could be the first 

I actually asked for beige!

New levers came today, adjustable for length, span and the move up and pivot  rahher than snapping. I had them made by a pal abroad..really rather impressed TBH     The wheel rims and spokes came as well via Parcelfarce. I asked to have them delivered to the PO in the village  as I wouldnt be in so of course when I came home they were on the door step in the street being splashed by the tractors.......... surrounded by idiots!

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

What colour is the frame Roo in some shots its looks pewter-silvery, some bits black - is it heat sensitive paint or an odd lighting effect ?

I knew I should have stuck to the colour that dare not speak its name " tun nworb"