RE: [ST] Re: Shifting

["Ken Mitchell" <kp.mitchell@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nick,

I was unaware that you had sold off your RS. I think you also owned a
Legend, but did you buy something else in place of the RS? 

I have a 2000 RS. When it was still fairly new, and before there was a
recall on the clutch cables, I swapped mine out for a cable from an ST. It
has the metal bend sleeve at the opposite end that the RS does, and routes
straighter through the bodywork. Sure, I can see it through the biggest
opening on the RH fairing side, big deal. It has significantly less pull
effort than the stock RS cable did. I keep the original cable around the
bottom of my Triumph tank bag, just in case.

As for the transmission, mine was a little stiff when new, but now shifts
BETTER than my Suzuki Katana 7fiddy ever did. It seemed well broken in by
5,000 miles, and is sweet now at 42,000.

Ken M.
'00 RS


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Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 9:44 PM
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Subject: [ST] Re: Shifting

In a message dated 2/2/2004 1:03:07 AM Eastern Standard Time,
owner-st-digest@xxxxxxxxxx writes:


Just as another data point on this, not all Sprints shift
well after 10,000 miles.  My RS _never_ shifted smoothly,
even after 35,000 miles; preloading the shifter helped, but
it was still a clunky transmission.  By comparison, my
Blackbird shifted smoother the day I drove it away from the
dealer with 0 miles on it than the Sprint ever did.

- - -Keith


Yup, one of the main reasons I sold my 2000 RS was that I absolutely hated
the clunky shifting and the heavy clutch pull. This was after getting a new
cable and after 13,000 miles.  There was a lot I loved about the bike but
the tranny and clutch feel were awful.

Nick


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