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Title: disc brake question for my sliderits getting there)
Post by: jimg1au on November 27, 2013, 08:56:48 pm: i have a lhs i would say clutch m/c to mount on the handlebars
not had much to do with disk brakes
could i use the clutch upside down on the rhs
would this work and not leak
jim
Title: Re: disc brake question for my sliderits getting there)
Post by: GD66 on November 27, 2013, 08:59:16 pm: Wouldn't be great, Jim. Hit the wreckers, surely you can dig a right-hander up off an old Honda...
Title: Re: disc brake question for my sliderits getting there)
Post by: evo550 on November 27, 2013, 11:19:24 pm: Quote from: jimg1au on November 27, 2013, 08:56:48 pm
i have a lhs i would say clutch m/c to mount on the handlebars
not had much to do with disk brakes
could i use the clutch upside down on the rhs
would this work and not leak
jim

The brake hose would fill with air as soon as you rolled it over..
Title: Re: disc brake question for my sliderits getting there)
Post by: Nathan S on November 27, 2013, 11:28:27 pm: Quote from: evo550 on November 27, 2013, 11:19:24 pm
Quote from: jimg1au on November 27, 2013, 08:56:48 pm
i have a lhs i would say clutch m/c to mount on the handlebars
not had much to do with disk brakes
could i use the clutch upside down on the rhs
would this work and not leak
jim

The brake hose would fill with air as soon as you rolled it over..

It shouldn't - bleed it on the LHS bars, fill the reservoir right up, put the cap back on, then move it over to the RHS bar.

But yeah - brake MCs can be had cheaply enough that I wouldn't bother.

Plus some clutch MCs don't use brake fluid, and you'd need to check out bore sizes.
Title: Re: disc brake question for my sliderits getting there)
Post by: Ktm181 on November 28, 2013, 10:56:26 am: Quote from: jimg1au on November 27, 2013, 08:56:48 pm
i have a lhs i would say clutch m/c to mount on the handlebars
not had much to do with disk brakes
could i use the clutch upside down on the rhs
would this work and not leak
jim

No. It would uncover the ports over the piston which means gobs of air in the system, or at least it should!

Kt.
Title: Re: disc brake question for my sliderits getting there)
Post by: KTM47 on November 28, 2013, 01:07:10 pm: Quote from: jimg1au on November 27, 2013, 08:56:48 pm
i have a lhs i would say clutch m/c to mount on the handlebars
not had much to do with disk brakes
could i use the clutch upside down on the rhs
would this work and not leak
jim

I was at the Australian Senior Track Championships a week or so ago. There was a slider there with three levers on the clutch side. They were clutch, rear brake and gear change. Anyway you could use the normal rear brake master cylinder and use a cable to activate it. Just have a short lever.
Title: Re: disc brake question for my sliderits getting there)
Post by: jimg1au on November 28, 2013, 02:40:53 pm: my idea is
rear brake on rhs
front brake lhs along with clutch and decompresser leaver
its a longtracker with a 500 meth single yamaha
jim
Title: Re: disc brake question for my sliderits getting there)
Post by: evo550 on November 28, 2013, 08:43:05 pm: Quote from: jimg1au on November 28, 2013, 02:40:53 pm
its a longtracker with a 500 meth single yamaha
jim

Oh is that all, don't worry about it, you shouldn't need brakes....
Title: Re: disc brake question for my sliderits getting there)
Post by: jimg1au on November 28, 2013, 09:13:04 pm: YES I DO
wont ever race it on long track just dirttrack in nsw