Hydraulic clutches are going to be one of those things that are nice when they work and migraines when they don't. The headache of having to bleed and flush plus the expense of parts when changed just, to me, seems outweigh the advantage of ease/smoothness of clutch play.
A clutch cable costs about $20 and takes about 15 minutes to change. If you wanted a spare could easily be stashed in a tank bag/backpack and could be changed on the side of the road. Buying all the parts for a hydraulic swap would be expensive and a pain. And the idea of changing parts and bleeding it all on the road is almost impossible.
and told him what your question was. Well he explained what I figured in keep it simple. Since the clutch gets used more than the brakes and I think some might of been riding long enough to realize the rubber in the hydrolic masters starts breaking down the more its used leading to dirty fluid. Just the clutch gets used much more than the brakes so its system has to be tended to more often than the brakes. I don't think the clutch gets as much heat as the brakes which doesn't help to keep moisture build up in the fluid.
