Hi guys, I'm looking at getting some Chumps/Apes soon...
and in the process I want to minimize the clutter on the bars.
I'm gonna move some of the important electrical into switches, probably mounted on the lower side panel, and hide the rest...
so I'm not concerned about that part (ideas / advice are always welcome tho).
I've seen some low profile (and cheap) clutch/throttle replacements on LowbrowCustoms and other places...
so that should also be fairly straight-forward (I've disassembled my bars before).
But... I'm not certain about the Master Cylinder...
can I use a smaller master cylinder on this bike?I'm eyeballing the Triumph style with the small round reservoir:
http://www.lowbrowcustoms.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1872There's also a nifty DOT5 tube idea on ChopCult:
http://www.chopcult.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1285Not sure I'll go that far with it...
but I definitely want to get rid of the monster box that's on there now.
Anyone have advice on the HOW's and WHY's of this procedure?Does the reservoir NEED to be that big? Seems not...
I've ridden 6K miles in the last 8 months, and the brake fluid is still pretty much full.
So how do I choose a replacement...
how do I make sure I'm keeping the same pressure needed to run these brakes?
In other words, how would YOU do this mod??
P.S. I'm not adverse to using take-off parts from other bikes (cheap is good)...
for example I think there's some old Yamaha cylinders that are pretty small, gotta find them again tho...
suggestions welcome!!