a tire(d) thread

[sl10002001]

Hi Guys, Just picked up my '02 KLR - the bike is exactly what I thought it would be so far. The thing runs great and rides fine. I only have one concern I was hoping someone might have some info or advice on: -The clutch has no "feel" if thats the correct term. All of my other motorcycles (Suzuki, Yamaha, Honda and Aprilia street and dirt) all have progressive feel to the clutch - you can feel the clutch engage and its easy to modulate how much the clutch is engaged. On my KLR, its like a switch - as I release the lever I get nothing...nothing..nothing...then at the end of the lever travel the clutch engages suddenly. I basically just started giving it some gas and letting the clutch out, relying on the rpms/torque as the one time I tried to feel the clutch engage it stalled because I just didn't feel it. Perhaps its just inexperience with the bike but I've never felt this much difference in clutch action when switching bikes. Can anyone comment on this? I know its a vague description but I've only ridden the bike about 50miles so perhaps its just a matter of getting used to it?

[Keith Saltzer]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "sl10002001" wrote:

> > Hi Guys, > > Just picked up my '02 KLR - the bike is exactly what I thought

it

> would be so far. The thing runs great and rides fine. I only have > one concern I was hoping someone might have some info or advice on: > -The clutch has no "feel" if thats the correct term. All of my > other motorcycles (Suzuki, Yamaha, Honda and Aprilia street and

dirt)

> all have progressive feel to the clutch - you can feel the clutch > engage and its easy to modulate how much the clutch is engaged. On > my KLR, its like a switch - as I release the lever I get > nothing...nothing..nothing...then at the end of the lever travel

the

> clutch engages suddenly. I basically just started giving it some

gas

> and letting the clutch out, relying on the rpms/torque as the one > time I tried to feel the clutch engage it stalled because I just > didn't feel it. > Perhaps its just inexperience with the bike but I've never felt > this much difference in clutch action when switching bikes. > Can anyone comment on this? I know its a vague description but > I've only ridden the bike about 50miles so perhaps its just a

matter

> of getting used to it?

All bikes have a different feel to the clutch of course, and some time in the saddle will help you adjust soon enough. But you do realize that the clutch is not a hydraulic clutch right? Is it adjusted properly, with a bit of slack, or space between the lever and the lever mount when it's fully released? Or is the cable frayed and about to snap? Just a thought. MrMoose A8 (Barbie and Ken special)

[Barnaby Robson]

Thousands of miles later ... I am still getting used to my clutch I think you'll find your KLR is exactly like most KLRs, and the best thing I did to alleviate the problem was to give myself a ton o' slack on the lever so that the bite point comes that much sooner. barnaby

----- Original Message ----- On > my KLR, its like a switch - as I release the lever I get > nothing...nothing..nothing...then at the end of the lever travel the > clutch engages suddenly.

[Matt]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "John Kokola" wrote:

> I'm thinking about Karoos, how do they do on the street in terms of > cornering grip? What kind of mileage is typical? >

John, I wore out one set. I'm conservative and only got 3,400 miles out of the rear and only a couple thousand more up front before it was cupped bad. I thought they handled really good. They just didn't last. I've got Dunlop 606's on now. I'm hopping for better. Matt

[georgew@dnet.aunz.com]

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 20:33:35 -0800, you wrote:

> >Thousands of miles later ... I am still getting used to my clutch

AOL I thought I was the only kangaroo in these parts but it seems I've got esteemed company. Yes I'm getting better at not stalling (been 7 days, 1000k) but I have no idea why. G