Black Clutch Hand

[BuckShot]

Friend just bought 08 Venture. Has around 1500 miles on it now and every time he rides his clutch hand turns black. It only takes about 10 miles of back road riding for this to happen. Getting worse the more miles he puts on. Dealer said he would check with rep about replacement. Friend thought this was not right for just a clutch lever. We think maybe the lever was not sealed (?) or coated correctly from factory. Any thoughts or suggestions. Thanks

Gil

[kwisor]

time for chrome leavers i have them on my 99

kevin wisor

1999 rsv

jax fl

[Carbon_One]

Gloves or chrome levers. Clearcoating the lever will help till it wears off, then back to square 1 again.

I tired or the black hand myself so went with chrome. I think they cost about $20 each for clutch and brake.

Larry

[awsmsrv]

Yep. Same thing happened to me, so I also went with the chrome levers.

[BoomerCPO]

Had that very problem with my lever as well. My fix was to install the leather lace up covers for both the clutch and brake levers. Got em from JC Whitney for less than $20 and they are holding up very well. No hand slippage as you may experience with chromed levers I might add.

[greg_in_london]

I have that problem because of a leaking clutch master cylinder - it's worth checking that you're not losing fluid. Mine is a bit older, though.

[BuckShot]

Thanks everyone. Sounds like an ongoing problem. I'll tell him in the morning before we head to Hudson Leather. Gil

[waterbug]

I have a 08 with almost 3k on her and mine are the same way. were are you getting chrome handles for 20 bucks each? and are they hard to change out I really havent gave it any thought till now.