S4R Rookie Question regarding dry clutch

[Jacklinfotos]

Hi, I've just bought a 2007 S4R, great bike & way more fun than my Harley on the curves.. I was involved in a bad MC accident in March and among other things I badly trashed my left arm so the dry clutch is really hard going, esp in the Munich traffic where I living at the moment. Are there any easy or relatively cheap solutions for the heavy clutch? Sure this has been asked a 100 times already but would be grateful for a fix. Cheers

[alan s4]

Cheap/Easy - change the clutch fluid, if it's dark, it makes a bit of a difference. Make sure your span adjustable levers are set up correctly.

Not so Cheap - an aftermarket clutch slave (oberon and the like).

[Kato]

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Ducati-916-996-998-999-1098-Hypermotard-NGR-clutch-slave-cylinder-30-power-/261985944776

Fit one of these (other makes available) OK it's €100 but it will give -30% action at the lever making it a lot easier on your hand & arm

[Dave G]

Another vote for the oversized slave cylinder, I put one on my SC and it made a huge difference to that.

[Darren69]

A little cheaper:-

http://www.ebay.de/itm/TITANIUM-Factory-Racing-Billet-Clutch-Slave-Cylinder-Ducati-Multistrada-ST2-ST4-/371459520293?hash=item567cb67725

[slob]

take out two clutch springs?

[SunEye]

Hi, I've just bought a 2007 S4R, great bike & way more fun than my Harley on the curves.. I was involved in a bad MC accident in March and among other things I badly trashed my left arm so the dry clutch is really hard going, esp in the Munich traffic where I living at the moment. Are there any easy or relatively cheap solutions for the heavy clutch? Sure this has been asked a 100 times already but would be grateful for a fix. Cheers
It is worth spending some time to analyse the exact cause of the problem. In my experience the problem is actually a combination of the force required to pull the clutch lever and the position of the lever at the biting point.

To make the clutch feel easier to control in town riding the biting point needs to be at a point where the muscles in your hand can control the lever easily. If the biting point is early in the movement of the lever and the lever span is quite wide then you're trying to control the movement using just the tips of your fingers. That will be difficult. If the biting point is much closer to the bars you have much more muscular force and control available in your hand and so the clutch will be easier to use.

So as well as an aftermarket slave cylinder I would recommend an appropriate aftermarket lever that has a shape that fits your hand so that the pressure is evenly distributed across all your fingers and that can be adjusted so that you can get the biting point to a comfortable position.

[Darren69]

There was a centrifugal automatic clutch on ebay a little while back, it may be gone now.

[Darren69]

I think it may have been one of these:-

http://www.efmautoclutch.com/street.shtml

[Dirty]

There was a centrifugal automatic clutch on ebay a little while back, it may be gone now.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DUCATI-748-916-996-998-749-999-EFM-AUTO-CLUTCH/231686915675?_trksid=p2047675.c100012.m1985&_trkparms=aid%3D444000%26algo%3DSOI.DEFAULT%26ao%3 D1%26asc%3D20140221143856%26meid%3Dd7aa9ac102d840a 4b414045791bcd527%26pid%3D100012%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D 9%26sd%3D231693827069

[Jacklinfotos]

Will definitely look into the oversized slave cylinders and check out a different brake lever. Cheers again everyone for takin time to post your answers������

[Jacklinfotos]

Quick update, had a new after market slave cylinder installed and removed two clutch springs, performance isn't affected and the clutch is perfect. Cheers again for the tips