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george5421
Tanabuso
Posts : 91
Join date : 2018-01-05
Age : 80
|  Subject: Hand Controls  Sun Apr 01, 2018 7:40 pm | |
| I have wide palms, short fingers, so the reach to the levers at closest adjustment is a stretch, so I bought a set of these to try, 6 position adjustment: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]The brake lever was simple and made a big difference. The clutch remains to be seen, as the part that operates the master cylinder seems to have adjustment and a set screw or pin. Anyone know for sure? Also, for my 5'7" height, I find the front of the bike at 70-80mph indicated deflects enough air so I don't feel buffeted. | |
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Oz1200Guzzi
Don Abbondio
Posts : 6064
Join date : 2014-03-13
Age : 68
| | Subject: Re: Hand Controls Sun Apr 01, 2018 7:49 pm | |
| Yep, sure does George. These parts need to be removed from the old clutch lever and installed in the new one. First remove the grub screw, then the plunger. Install the plunger in the new lever, then the grub screw. You may have to fiddle with a few adjustments and them
I have a similar set of these and find them quite good, especially inside my handguards, where the originals would catch. | |
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george5421
Tanabuso
Posts : 91
Join date : 2018-01-05
Age : 80
| | Subject: Re: Hand Controls Sun Apr 01, 2018 8:01 pm | |
| Thanks. You're not such a bad sort after all!!  | |
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beetle
GRiSO Capo
Posts : 9888
Join date : 2013-09-30
| | Subject: Re: Hand Controls Sun Apr 01, 2018 8:33 pm | |
| You may need to apply heat to remove the grub screw. They use some sort of thread locker on it.
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ..[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.].The power of Guzzi propels you. . | |
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george5421
Tanabuso
Posts : 91
Join date : 2018-01-05
Age : 80
| | Subject: Re: Hand Controls Sun Apr 01, 2018 8:55 pm | |
| I knew it wasn't going to be simple!! That would be too easy. Thanks... And, oh, I'm keeping the stock pipes and found a set of cast wheels | |
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Oz1200Guzzi
Don Abbondio
Posts : 6064
Join date : 2014-03-13
Age : 68
| | Subject: Re: Hand Controls Mon Apr 02, 2018 1:26 am | |
| - george5421 wrote:
- Thanks. You're not such a bad sort after all!!
You have no idea, really - bad to the bone... | |
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cognosticator
GRiSO Capo
Posts : 329
Join date : 2016-09-09
Age : 74
| | Subject: Re: Hand Controls Mon Apr 02, 2018 1:40 am | |
| - george5421 wrote:
- I knew it wasn't going to be simple!! That would be too easy. Thanks... And, oh, I'm keeping the stock pipes and found a set of cast wheels
I didn't have to apply any heat to mine. You will need a small allen wrench to get the grub screw or set screw out. I saw this on another forum in case you just want to buy the plunger new or bugger up the oem one. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] | |
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george5421
Tanabuso
Posts : 91
Join date : 2018-01-05
Age : 80
| | Subject: Re: Hand Controls Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:21 am | |
| Bugger up. My specialty, being a totally shade tree mechanic. I mean boat shade. That link's photo really helped seeing what I'm dealing with. I'll see if I have an allen that small.It looked allen, but thought it could also be a pressed pin.Thanks... | |
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Oz1200Guzzi
Don Abbondio
Posts : 6064
Join date : 2014-03-13
Age : 68
| | Subject: Re: Hand Controls Mon Apr 02, 2018 3:05 pm | |
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george5421
Tanabuso
Posts : 91
Join date : 2018-01-05
Age : 80
| | Subject: Re: Hand Controls Mon Apr 02, 2018 3:07 pm | |
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Oz1200Guzzi
Don Abbondio
Posts : 6064
Join date : 2014-03-13
Age : 68
| | Subject: Re: Hand Controls Mon Apr 02, 2018 3:12 pm | |
| Not BSW, nor BSF, nor SAE, nor UNF, nor UNEF, nor UNC, nor cycle, nor BSP, nor BA, nor any of them others. Just simple old-school metric...
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george5421
Tanabuso
Posts : 91
Join date : 2018-01-05
Age : 80
| | Subject: Re: Hand Controls Mon Apr 02, 2018 3:43 pm | |
| Simple. I like old school simple. Without foreign cars, the US would be all SAE, miles, yards, feet, and inches. Kilometer? That's north of the border!! | |
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Oz1200Guzzi
Don Abbondio
Posts : 6064
Join date : 2014-03-13
Age : 68
| | Subject: Re: Hand Controls Mon Apr 02, 2018 5:37 pm | |
| Must be hard, being in one of only 2 countries in the world that is unwilling to go metric! I guess holding out against the odds is a right too. | |
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george5421
Tanabuso
Posts : 91
Join date : 2018-01-05
Age : 80
| | Subject: Re: Hand Controls Mon Apr 02, 2018 6:28 pm | |
| Tell me about it, and that's not the only thing. But I'm told this an apolitical group!!  | |
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Oz1200Guzzi
Don Abbondio
Posts : 6064
Join date : 2014-03-13
Age : 68
| | Subject: Re: Hand Controls Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:35 pm | |
| Sorry no politics here, move on, nothing to see. | |
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sideshowbob
GRiSO Capo
Posts : 1083
Join date : 2017-08-06
Age : 68
| | Subject: Re: Hand Controls Tue Apr 03, 2018 5:49 am | |
| And just to keep things interesting most of our cars and trucks have a combination of both sae and metric. | |
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KillerX
Montanarolo
Posts : 24
Join date : 2018-01-31
Age : 62
| | Subject: Re: Hand Controls Thu Jun 14, 2018 10:23 am | |
| Holding out against the odds is how we became the United States of America. | |
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sideshowbob
GRiSO Capo
Posts : 1083
Join date : 2017-08-06
Age : 68
| | Subject: Re: Hand Controls Thu Jun 14, 2018 3:20 pm | |
| Well said, you killed it! BTW are you going to the Mn or Ia rally's. | |
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KillerX
Montanarolo
Posts : 24
Join date : 2018-01-31
Age : 62
| | Subject: Re: Hand Controls Thu Jun 14, 2018 5:49 pm | |
| Me? I have no plans for much riding until I sell my 2017 Vision. | |
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