Re: shifting -- gets better?

["Neil Lindsey" <neil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

My '99 ST transmission has smoothed out considerably now that I am
approaching 9000 km, but my biggest issue would be about the considerable
CLUNK that I get when I shift from neutral into 1st (or 2nd for that matter)
when at a standstill after the bike has fully warmed up.  When it's the
engine's cold it's fine, and this doesn't seem to vary with weather
conditions.  I thought it might be better after a fresh oil change, but it
doesn't seem so.  I'm using Motul 10w40 semi-synthetic oil.  When I read
this post I wondered about the straight clutch lever.  Could it be that I
need a bit more leverage to completely disengage the clutch.  The clutch
adjustment seems ok, but maybe I should try adjusting it a bit and see if it
makes a difference.  What do you think?

Thanks in advance
Neil


- ----- Original Message -----
From: <Stew101@xxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: November 19, 2000 8:33 AM
Subject: Re: shifting -- gets better?


> Greetings Paul -
>
> If your Sprint came from the factory with a "straight" clutch lever
(compared
> to say, the mildly curved lever on a Daytona or a TT600) you can replace
it
> with the curved lever from one of the two aforementioned models.  This
gains
> you a bit more lever travel (therefore room to fully disengage the clutch
> plates) before the lever meets the grip at full pull.
>
> By replacing the lever and carefully adjusting out all but the minimum
amount
> of freeplay (but not all of it) in the cable you can clean up the shifting
a
> bit more.


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