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heavy clutch
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WayneOrwig
GT Reference
Yup it's very heavy. I have an old injury to my left wrist and fingers which has left me with restricted movement of the wrist and poor grip in that hand. I do struggle when in heavy traffic with lots of stop start riding. I try to use my other bikes if going to towns and cities and use the Guzzi for open road runs mainly. When I had my harleys I had a special clutch adapter fitted, an 'Easy Boy' I think it was called, (not tobe confused with some rent boy 
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I had a Hydraulic clutch mod done to my Aprilia, I can't remember the name of the company that made/supplied it, but it was available wordwide, however I think it may be very difficult to acess the Guzzi master cylinder.
)I had a Hydraulic clutch mod done to my Aprilia, I can't remember the name of the company that made/supplied it, but it was available wordwide, however I think it may be very difficult to acess the Guzzi master cylinder.
Lannis
Cruisin' Guzzisti
The thread title caught my eye.
I was surprised to see it, because the clutch on my new 2009 Stelvio is probably the lightest clutch I've ever had on a motorcycle, especially including my other 4 Guzzis past and present.
There must be some large difference between bikes. I have small hands for a guy my size, and they're not all that strong, so I'm not overpowering the thing.
I've never had a hydraulic clutch before, either. I'm not looking forward to working on it, but it operates nicely!
Lannis
I was surprised to see it, because the clutch on my new 2009 Stelvio is probably the lightest clutch I've ever had on a motorcycle, especially including my other 4 Guzzis past and present.
There must be some large difference between bikes. I have small hands for a guy my size, and they're not all that strong, so I'm not overpowering the thing.
I've never had a hydraulic clutch before, either. I'm not looking forward to working on it, but it operates nicely!
Lannis
I don't find mine heavy either, but if you want a solution, I can offer one up... I sell a radial master cylinder that will make it one-finger easy. Contact me direct or post below if you're interested. I'm putting in a large Brembo order later today.
Fitting a radial pump (like the brake master shown below) is a fairly simple swap. Remove line, remove clamp, install new pump & reservior, replace line with new crush washers, add fluid and bleed. Typically the bleed is quite simple since the line is full of fluid, and the pump like shown below has a bleeder valve near the connection.guzziguy said:
Shown below is Brembo's new "RCS" adjustable pump and hinged lever (~$365 + reservior kit). The clutch master is identical, only 16mm. I will be installing a matching set on my Stelvio next week.
Need more?
that looks like it would help me out. quite an expensive remedy though.
I might be interested. This is the heaviest clutch I know of. I couldn't keep this bike if I had to commute with that clutch.
Brembo RCS 16 (adjustable 16~18) Radial clutch pump as shown below is US$360 (+ $50 for the reservior kit). Shipping would be ~$10, and most anywhere outside of the US would be ~$30 via USPS Priority Mail (6-10 days). The matching adjustable 19 RCS front brake pump (shown bottom) for the same price(s). If you buy both, shipping is free within the U.S., minimal amount for outside.
Todd, did you get these installed? Love to hear some feedback.
Those are nice looking rigs Todd, what type of reservoir do they use? I initially found the clutch to be kinda heavy in stop and go, but Waynes solution seemed to take care of that. 
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