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Old 11-Oct-2005, 11:31
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Dave,

You can just replace the monster m/cyl with a superbike and i's remote reservoir. A friend with an early SS which uses the same boxy masters as the monsters did just that.
The only difficult bit is bleeding the clutch line which can be a real PIA until you know how. Once you've got fluid coming throught the slave bleed nipple and all the air is apparently out, you will probably find that you still have no pressure to lift the clutch. Two things you need to do.
Purge the slave cylinder by unbolting it, loosening the bleed nipple, pushing the piston all the way in, tightening the nipple again then releasing the piston. This will purge any air out of the slave cylinder. Don't squeeze the levet while the piston is unbolted or the piston will pop out and you will have to start over again!
The other thing is to get rid of the air which gets trapped at the M/Cyl banjo bolt. Either loosen the banjo, wrap a rag around it and pull in the lever, tighten the banjo then release the lever (this can be messy if you are not careful, watch out for the paintwork!) OR tilt the bike to the right and jiggle the lever until all the bubbles stop coming out of the wee hole at the bottom of the reservoir OR (perhaps easier that tilting the bike) remove the cylinder from the handlebar and hold it so that the banjo is lower than the reservoir and jiggle the lever as above.
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