Gearchanges

[Guest Nigelstephens]

if it is clutch drag then one should be able to notice a difference between hot and cold when the back wheel is off the ground, the bike in gear but the clutch in, do you think?

[mike wilson]

I made a mod to the gear lever.

 

Did you not fancy drilling and tapping the gearlever pivot area for a 45degree or rightangle grease nipple?

[Guest Gary Cheek]

if it is clutch drag then one should be able to notice a difference between hot and cold when the back wheel is off the ground, the bike in gear but the clutch in, do you think?

 

 

At best.....maybe.

[Ryland3210]

I second what Gary said. Especially so on any Guzzi with a four- or five-speed trans. In my experience, clutches that do not drag when cold can drag very much when hot. Heat was mentioned as a symptom in the case of the Sport 1100, so I'd think a look at clutch adjustment is indicated. If that doesn't work, a look at the clutch components.

 

I'm surprised to hear this on a dry plate clutch. I used to have some problems with my Norton's wet plate multi disc clutch, but what's the cause in this case?

[Guest Nigelstephens]

Clutch drag go me thinking so I adjusted the handlebar lever to give more movement when I was riding and concentrating on using full movement when changing. It did seem to improve things very slightly although not sure. Gearchanges are still a pig when hot. So not sure at all now.

 

Two days later.

No not much difference. I would like to think it was clutch adjustment but not convienced.