RE: [ST] RE: Clutch conversion

["Daniel Wallander" <triumph99@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Derek,

Can't help you with the pull on the clutch.  After getting off the R90, the
ST is childs play  :-).  However, the Sprints are very sensitive to the
clutch freeplay adjustment.   I'm not sure what you are saying when you
have long travel before the clutch engages.  If I'm reading it right,
that's how it's supposed to be.  

The freeplay on the clutch should be set to .4mm to .8mm - yes that is a
decimal before the number - at the clutch lever so the clutch should fully
engage just at the last little bit of letting the clutch out (away from the
bar).  This is how it's supposed to be.  If you have too much freeplay in
the clutch, you will get a clunkier shift and have more difficulty getting
it into neutral.

As others have said, the shifting is pretty smooth by 10,000miles.  Until
then preload the shifter with your foot, then pull in the clutch and make
very positive shifts.

Let us know if you find a hydraulic conversion.

Dan Wallander
Albuquerque, New Mexico
www.danwallander.com 
Triumph Sprint ST :: BMW R90/6
TSRA-VP, ABC#6313, IBA, HSTA


> I am gonna check out the options. As for my bike, it is a 2000 with only
> 6300 miles. The clutch seems to have a long travel before it engages. I
> wanted to assure it was engaged and not dragging when the lever is
pulled. I
> assume the plates do not separate by much even when engaged. I thought a
new
> cable may have solved some of the issues, it has not. Still fairly
difficult
> to pull. Not hard to pull, but it does not have the same pull as hydraulic
> which I am used to.
>



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