Never had a bike with a hydro clutch. My bike is only miles away from me doing the 12,000 mile service.

So just how do you go about doing it? Santa didn't bring me a shop manual like I had hoped. :cry:

Last time at my bike shop they didn't have any for the XX, So I will need to order one.

I don't have a mighty vac if you could use them on this, so will have to do it the old fasion way :grin:

It's just like bleeding the brakes, one bleeder valve down on the slave cylinder in front of the left footpeg.

Mighty-Vac works wonders here, worth the $30 investment. Remove the resevoir cap, hook up mighty-vac, open bleed valve and suck until you get fresh fluid coming through- remembering to keep the resevoir topped off

No mighty-vac, you'll have to do it the old fashioned way, pumping the fluid through with the lever.

Removing the windscreens helps a lot with accessing/filling the resevoir

Make sure you lay down plenty of rags, so you don't end up removing any paint.

Keep the fluid AWAY from all paintwork and also kep a bottle of water handy just in case it splaters. It's an easy one-man job... use DOT 4 fluid. This should be done every year or so along with your brakes as well.

I can't tell you how sad this makes me.....

When I do all brake jobs, I run a peice of clear tubing from the bleed valve into a coke bottle or something. This helps to keep any mess to a minimum, and less chance of getting some on my paint.

Rockme.. I am still suffering from Santa forgetting it :cry:

Could someone please help this fellow out?

Assistance offered 1:53PM MTN Standard Time..............Sir.

You mean you found him a manual? :wink:

would that be this by chance??? :?:
http://cbr.geckobox.net/forum/viewtopic.ph...light=automatic

:oops: No, I thought that was gone. I was going to send him an e-mail with my backup copy.

If you go with 5.1, or Motul RBF 600, it won't discolor as quickly.


The DOT 4 doesn't seem to like the heat of the clutch system. :???:

I've had good luck with Valvoline Syn power DOT 4. Available anywhere and cheap.

Little color change in 2 years which is when I change it.

I forgot about the manual being there :oops: