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Dave G
11-10-2005, 09:23 AM
I'm about to replace the brakes on my S2R with standard Ducati/brembo goldlines and have all the parts to do it waiting in my garage,I dont see any problems.However...
This made me realise that to get a balanced look across the bars I'll need to replace the clutch lever and therefore the clutch master cylinder too with one from -say a superbike or similar.
Can I just remove the existing boxy one and put a new one one on ?,I know the bore of the cylinder is important but dont know why,can anyone tell me why its important and what difference it will make?,and is it actually the same size internally?
What may be the pitfalls?,it appears to be a simple bolt on job with bleeding the system being the fussy bit,can I keep my existing hoses?
And has anyone else done this?

slob
11-10-2005, 11:38 AM
A bigger bore pumps more fluid for the same lever travel. I imagine (I'm sure someone will shout of I'm wrong) that the clutch side ones are all the same. A bigger bore master cylinder is needed on the brake side to pump the extra fluid for the extra caliper.

Pedro
11-10-2005, 12:10 PM
Clutch are all pretty much the same as Slob says