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Re: Clutch biting point issue, worn clutch basket? - Hugh Mungus - 05-06-18
Sounds like the cheap levers to me.
The only way to know for sure is to swap the clutch lever back and see if the problem occurs immediately.
Re: Clutch biting point issue, worn clutch basket? - b1k3rdude - 07-06-18
(05-06-18, 06:52 PM)unfazed link Wrote: Check the pivot hole in the old lever you removed and see if it has elongated.Hole was fine
(05-06-18, 06:59 PM)Hugh Mungus link Wrote:
- Sounds like the cheap levers to me.
- The only way to know for sure is to swap the clutch lever back and see if the problem occurs immediately.
- Theap, but the only issue can see with them is that the lever dimensions are off, as in the lever is too close to the bar depending on the span/cable adjustment.
- See my post above, better span adjustable levers have pretty much fixed the issue, so I dont need to waste time swapping the oem lever back.
Re: Clutch biting point issue, worn clutch basket? - Gnasher - 08-06-18
Glad you sorted it mate
It's rare FZS1000's clutches fail with normal use, these adjustable levers are often a source of problems :thumbdown
Re: Clutch biting point issue, worn clutch basket? - b1k3rdude - 08-06-18
(08-06-18, 09:17 AM)Gnasher link Wrote: these adjustable levers are often a source of problemsI have medium or size 9 hand and I find the position and biting point of the stock lever to combersome for commuting, so I need span adjustable - I just dont want to be paying £££ for a pair of these fucking things like seems to be the case most of the places I looked. Even the 'better' one I have now from memory cost me £65 second hand off a fellow foccer.
Just which there was a comprehensive review/compare of some of the various makes..
Re: Clutch biting point issue, worn clutch basket? - NorthWestern - 08-06-18
I bought a Chinese copy of this:
https://www.t3-racing.co.uk/products/brembo-style-clutch-lever
Was £15 delivered. Put 30k miles on with it, no issues and was adjustable, levers feel really nice etc. Matched the master cylinder I had too! The only downside is there is no provision for a switch so I just bridged it.
Edit: just looked and you can now get them for £11. They do say they come with a switch (mine didn't) but it looks like they have put the switch in the threaded span adjust hole. So you can either have a switch or the ability to adjust the span. I left mine std, was better than stock lever for reach.
Re: Clutch biting point issue, worn clutch basket? - slappy - 08-06-18
When I had my gen1 1000 I fitted an adjustable span clutch lever from a Kawasaki 900 ninja.
It was cheap to do and looked " factory", I am fairly sure a few other people had done it before me and I just copied them, you had to use the Kawasaki perch as well.
Remembered now it was the clutch lever from a Kawasaki ZX9 , C1 or C2 model.
Re: Clutch biting point issue, worn clutch basket? - b1k3rdude - 15-06-18
Well it turns out its not completely gone or fixed, which is when I realised two things -
- I am and have always run heated grips, and these are larger in diameter than stock grips.
- I am and have always use foam lever covers.