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Originally Posted by donzielke
Hi Greg -
Thanks for the note! Yes, the bike sat for over a year before I bought it.
The bike has an aftermarket set of carbs. They are 38mm though, too big according to my mechanic. I did pick up some new brake pads and fluid, and I'm looking for new stainless lines.
The clutch fluid has been changed. Mechanic thinks I've either got a warped clutch disk or the big Harley grips (see pic above... came on the bike) are interfering with the lever. I bought some new grips to put on, just need to cut the old ones off.
I read somewhere that the clutch slaves were prone to leakage, did you ever have to replace yours?
Thanks again for your help,
Don
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My bud put 40mm Dellortos on his Sport back in the day. It was all Jimmy had in stock, so we took them rather than waiting.
It took a while to jet them, but he finally got it to run fine. No flat spots or surging.
Both his Sport and my F1 had the old style clutch slave cylinder on them. Like a Paso. Built into the clutch cover.
The slave cylinder wears inside and goes barrel shaped. My friend put new o-ring in his and greased the little throw out bearing and it worked fine until he sold it.
Mine had more miles on it. We had a machinist stick a stainless liner in it, and adapted it to use a small high speed bearing for throw out bearing. And a standard size SAE o-ring. Available at any tractor supply house.
My bike with race cams and stock 36mm carbs, and his with big carbs and stock cams made the same HP. 56. Yep. 56 smokin' horsepower.
They would both run neck and neck down I-77 south out of Canton. He had slip-ons like yours.
Matter of fact, that bike looks like his. He traded it in on a '93 888 in '94 in Columbus.
Oh, and don't ever put Silicone Brake Fluid in anything on an old Duke. It eats the rubber!