two things, coil related and clutch master cyl.

I hung my coils on a 4th gen inside the frame using screws on the airbox, I was told the coils needed to be grounded but my bike started and ran fine W/O grounding since the air box is plastic.

More important is my coffin style rear clutch res. is hitting the fairing on right turn after last minute fairing adjustment.
Is there a different master with remote reservoir like I have on the front brake side?

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1) I would definitely have my coils grounded one way or another. At least run a ground wire if you're happy where they are mounted. Going along with that, my coils stopped working when they lost their ground, but maybe some other wiring issue was the cause, if yours is working. Hmmm.

2) Yes, there are other ones you can use. Think an RC51 is an option. I went with a different one, but forgot which one I got. Just have to make sure the intermals are the same dimension.

[image: View Post]YoshiHNS, on 07 May 2012 - 02:26 PM, said:

1) I would definitely have my coils grounded one way or another. At least run a ground wire if you're happy where they are mounted. Going along with that, my coils stopped working when they lost their ground, but maybe some other wiring issue was the cause, if yours is working. Hmmm.

2) Yes, there are other ones you can use. Think an RC51 is an option. I went with a different one, but forgot which one I got. Just have to make sure the intermals are the same dimension.

Thanks
I looked at one on Ebay, it looks like the res. is mounter to the top of the master?  I would need something with a remote reservoir to clear fairing
http://www.ebay.com/...r#ht_1535wt_915

I'm at work, so the eBay link doesn't work for me now, but I believe I have the a spare RC-51 clutch master cylinder if you're interested. I have Brembo's now, and just moved the reservoir around until I got the clearance that was required.

Ducati, if you can sort out the piston diameters and find one the same?

Maybe join a Ducati forum to ask, and piss off the Ducatisti? :laugh:

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[image: View Post]Veefer800Canuck, on 07 May 2012 - 09:39 PM, said:

Ducati, if you can sort out the piston diameters and find one the same?

Maybe join a Ducati forum to ask, and piss off the Ducatisti? :laugh:

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Still trying to get feedback regarding radial masters, an ebay seller has a universal radial clutch master with a 19mm bore and claims it is compatible with 14mm units.

If the box is anything to go off of, I ended up with a 1098 clutch master. But I didn't pay much for it, so we'll see if it works (with the clutch slave).

[image: View Post]karhawk, on 07 May 2012 - 02:54 PM, said:

[image: View Post]YoshiHNS, on 07 May 2012 - 02:26 PM, said:

1) I would definitely have my coils grounded one way or another. At least run a ground wire if you're happy where they are mounted. Going along with that, my coils stopped working when they lost their ground, but maybe some other wiring issue was the cause, if yours is working. Hmmm.

2) Yes, there are other ones you can use. Think an RC51 is an option. I went with a different one, but forgot which one I got. Just have to make sure the intermals are the same dimension.

Thanks
I looked at one on Ebay, it looks like the res. is mounter to the top of the master?  I would need something with a remote reservoir to clear fairing
http://www.ebay.com/...r#ht_1535wt_915

Thanks I grounded them to be safe.

[image: View Post]YoshiHNS, on 09 May 2012 - 07:57 PM, said:

If the box is anything to go off of, I ended up with a 1098 clutch master. But I didn't pay much for it, so we'll see if it works (with the clutch slave).
I bought an 08 Kawasaki Z something we will compare notes.

I need to buy a clutch slave cylinder first before I can do that...

From what I've found out recently the radial brake and clutch levers are mechanically very different: on radials the pivot point for the lever is closer and the lever arm to the master is shorter.  That means even if you find a radial master of the same size (14mm clutch on VFR) it likely won't feel right.  The throw and pressure might be way off.  I'm thinking the way to go might be to find a radial setup that displaces the same volume of fluid as the stock masters.

Or, you could just try different setups till one works.  That's probably what I'm going to end up doing.