are the CRM's front brakes pants or is it mine?

Post by **john7780** » 12 Feb 2012, 12:17

on ebay theres a contraption that you add on to your clutch cable to make it lighter when pulling thus reducing the arm pump
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EASY-CLUTCH-M ... 2c5aae008d

Post by **fishtail** » 12 Feb 2012, 12:57

ahh ok I think I get u - putting a shim to change the angle of the lever...

I was thinking about a longer lever on the clutch and moving the (pivot? / perch?) further towards center of bars. would get more leverage then?

its very tiring on the left hand doing a lot of slow maneuvers,, I was basically doing full lock figure 8s on a dirt bank just to nail my balance and control

- after a few minutes my hand was on full lock.!!!!

still havent bought pads - if I'm after sintered then only seeing "gold" on ebay?

if I drop the sintered requirement then a million choices!

Post by **fishtail** » 12 Feb 2012, 12:59

john7780 wrote:on ebay theres a contraption that you add on to your clutch cable to make it lighter when pulling thus reducing the arm pump
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EASY-CLUTCH-M ... 2c5aae008d

aha! never knew of such a thing!

thanks!

Post by **john7780** » 12 Feb 2012, 16:14

im always happy to help

njhardy · Post by **njhardy** » 13 Feb 2012, 06:05

Your clutch level looks shorter than your brake lever (or is it the picture angle?). Maybe you have heavy springs on your clutch plates too, or your cable is snagging- hence the heavy pull?? This isn't good if you are going on a long or technical ride- I have found my clutch is really quite light, but I have long levers that actually touch the hand-protectors and the biting point wound out to just before fully out. I can almost use it as a 'crash' gearbox for short-shifting with one finger, with hardly pulling the clutch lever at all- 4 hours yesterday on the trail in 35 degrees and no ill effects (apart from a ripped thumb and a tumble from losing the front). And yes, the front brake is annoyingly vague; just not as good as it needs to be. However, kept up with the YZF's, CRF's and WR's- they were impressed with the CRM and jealous at how easily she started every time we stopped for a break, whilst they were sweating over a hot kickstarter!! Taking her to an MX track next week- yee haaa !!-The CRM loves to jump!!

njhardy · Post by **njhardy** » 13 Feb 2012, 06:14

Here she is...

http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t50 ... to0047.jpg

http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t50 ... to0044.jpg

Post by **fishtail** » 13 Feb 2012, 07:02

looks nice in white...

yeah the clutch lever does feel short - I might swop it out see if that helps - altho the gizmo john linked too could be on the cards...

anyways goin for a spin now....

njhardy · Post by **njhardy** » 13 Feb 2012, 08:16

White is great, but a bugger to keep clean.. Didn't bother with decals- I think she looks nicer naked!
She ran beautifully yesterday on a really technical trail with some fast local lads and only sipped 2/3 a tank of petrol in 4 hours. Kept up (and even overtook) some shocked 250/450 thumper pilots. But I did envy the 4 stroke boys- 2 strokes are so tricky in soft sand tracks- they are either 'on' or 'off' the power and it got quite tiring...not to mention my spectacular 'over the front' fall when I got into a massive tank slap. Bike was fine. Feel a bit bruised today and made a mess of my gps mount.... bugger!

Yeah- never seen that clutch gizmo before. Imagine it must just be a force-magnifying lever inside?? Just wondering if your cable may just need replaced/oiled?

Post by **knackeredMk1** » 13 Feb 2012, 09:25

Replace the cable before you buy the gadget.

Also see 3rd post down - viewtopic.php?f=14&t=3484&start=75

Post by **fishtail** » 13 Feb 2012, 15:12

the ultimate power looks interesting..

anyways dropped bike ( again!! ) and strangly the end of the brake lever snapped off! ( not sure how - cos the hand guards should have saved it? )

so I guess I will get a new set of levers tomorrow..

so I will oil clutch cable and see how that goes..

also I am a muppet - its the rear thats got the braided hose - not the front! \

so I guess I will have to do that..

( anyone know off hand how long the hoses I need to buy should be? )

Post by **nicko** » 13 Feb 2012, 22:21

there is an oversize disk & caliper adaptor which was available from EBC - i've had a search & can't see a link to it now.

the adaptor is ally & the last time i saw mine it had horibbly corroded

Post by **knackeredMk1** » 13 Feb 2012, 22:30

Talon do the disks and brackets. Listed under XR400.

Post by **fishtail** » 14 Feb 2012, 07:03

gawdamit!

bought new lever for brakes - wasnt sure it'd fit so just got one..

yes - it improves things! had more "feel"

( its obvious I'm the owner of the worlds firmest grip now ) had to move the perch over a bit too - so got more leverage?

2 hours later - stall bike doing figure of 8s on a concrete slope...

yep - u guessed it. snapped new lever after just 2 hours?!

is that a record..

mind u they werent too expensive - HK$ 120 each ( 9 pounds 85! )
but still BOLLOX!!!!

( hand guard incorrectly positioned after previous "smashes"? )

Post by **john7780** » 14 Feb 2012, 12:14

think yourself lucky mate, on my tm250 i have a grimeca clutch lever and i once snapped it, the cheapest i could find is £30 as the grimeca type i have is a one off! bloody hydraulic clutches im currently saving up to buy a more common type in case of any future incidents

njhardy · Post by **njhardy** » 15 Feb 2012, 06:11

Everyone just STOP falling off!!!

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