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Old May 20, 2007 | 09:02 PM
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Default Reduced pull clutch lever

Bought my wife a sporty a '99 883 and the clutch is pretty hard to pull even for me, does anybody have any experience with the reduced pull system that goes on the lever? My wife is wanting to learn to ride but the clutch is to hard for her to use. It is such a good looking bike that we hate to trade it so we are looking for some help on making her clutch easier to pull. Any suggestions out there.

 
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Old May 20, 2007 | 09:05 PM
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Default RE: Reduced pull clutch lever

Those clutches on the 03 and earlier Sporties are pretty tough. In 04 they changed that, and improved the effort needed significantly, I don't know if the current clutch would work on a 99. It might, I don't think much if any has really changed in the tranny since 99.
 
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Old May 20, 2007 | 09:51 PM
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Default RE: Reduced pull clutch lever

sadly the reduced effort clutch kit isnt available in the parts catalog for sporty's at all (even though my 07 has it from the factory)
 
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Old May 20, 2007 | 09:53 PM
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You need this:

http://www.phaedruscycle.com/

I put one on my wife's bike and she can almost pull it with one finger now. It made a HUGE difference. The thing I liked about it was that it replaces the ramp and ball bearings as opposed to adding extra parts for leverage.
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Old May 20, 2007 | 10:28 PM
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looks very similar to the Harley part I used to own an 03 and man was that clutch grip stiff the 07 is like butter I would look into it RdKing
 
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Old May 20, 2007 | 11:19 PM
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anyone know were I can buy the MRC clutch kit online? Looks like a great product for y Sportster project.
 
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Old May 20, 2007 | 11:29 PM
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ORIGINAL: PhantomMaxx

anyone know were I can buy the MRC clutch kit online? Looks like a great product for y Sportster project.
There is a list of dealerships on their web site that stock it.
 
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