-=> DAVID DRUMMOND wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 DD> Al salaam a'alaykum Wayne

 DD> 13 Nov 03 12:00, Wayne Chirnside wrote to Tom Walker:

 WC> Did say I didn't know if it'd work or not.
 WC> I'm used to motorcycle clutch cables and spraying chain lube
 WC> down them, waiting until it wicked in and repeating until it
 WC> drained out the bottom end of the cable.

 DD> Hmmm the aerosol chain lubes here have a coagulating agent in them. I
 DD> doubt they would wick very far through a cable....

The solvent doesn't evaporatate all at once and I saw it drip
out the bottom before I quit.

 WC> Same deal with tach and speedo cables.

 WC> Didn't help too much though as the most common failure point
 WC> was at the pivot at the clutch handle where there was
 WC> greatest cable flex.

 DD> Indeed.

 WC> It did however prevent unseen damage so if the cable was going to go
 WC> you could actually see the need to replace it.

 DD> You can usually feel it too.

 Yeah but usually by then it's pretty badly frayed.
 OTOH hand I've been known to drive a bike without a shift cable
 for as long  as a week before replacing it.
 Between gears is easy and you get a feel for neutral.
 The Suzuki 550 was a breeze to do this with but the
 Yamaha 650 twin a bear to drive this way.
 The 1100 no way!

 WC> Now they've hydraulic clutch cables on some bikes
 WC> which I think is a bit over the top.

 DD> The brakes have been hydraulic for quite some years too.

I've never owned a bike that didn't have a hydraulic front disk
brake. Last bike had three, 2 front and 1 rear.
With 120 ponies on tap it needed them too!

 WC> Speedo and tach is now electronic as well.
 WC> I'm getting old.

 DD> Aren't we all?

 DD> Regards,
 DD> David

Same back at ya
 
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