ashman
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Lots of talk about broken clutch cables and getting off course from the OP question but I solved my problems with broken clutch cables and owning my Norton for over 43 years now since new I use to go through clutch cables every few months in the first 5 years and they always broke up at the lever end, never down the GB end, all I did to stop them breaking at the lever end was so simple it funny, just a dab of grease on the cable where it runs through the adjuster and lever and haven't broken one now for 38 years and every time I do a oil change the cable gets a fresh dab of grease on it.
The only time I have had troubles with my gears selection has always been from a clutch problem from just a slight adjustment to a worn part in the clutch, as well I am still running my orginal clutch plates from the factory with over 160k miles on them and my clutch has always been light, one finger operation if I wanted to, the only thing I have replaced in the clutch in all these years has been the clutch centre once and the pressure plate once, I have run the stock plates wet as well dry and find the stock plates work great whether wet or dry, but they bite a bit quicker when running dry, and never over fill the primary, between 5 to 7 floz is all that is needed in the primary and ATF F oil.
Ashley
The only time I have had troubles with my gears selection has always been from a clutch problem from just a slight adjustment to a worn part in the clutch, as well I am still running my orginal clutch plates from the factory with over 160k miles on them and my clutch has always been light, one finger operation if I wanted to, the only thing I have replaced in the clutch in all these years has been the clutch centre once and the pressure plate once, I have run the stock plates wet as well dry and find the stock plates work great whether wet or dry, but they bite a bit quicker when running dry, and never over fill the primary, between 5 to 7 floz is all that is needed in the primary and ATF F oil.
Ashley