Been slowly making my way around a 1992 V65 GT sorting out a few problems and decided the clutch needed some adjustment, but I feel like I'm doing it wrong.
I went on a few rides where I had finished in town, but the clutch was dragging too much at the end of the ride when everything was hot and it made changing gears very difficult. The drag seems to go from "slight" to "bad" as the bike got hot.
Anyway, I adjusted the clutch at the lever so I could feel it was fully releasing. Immediately noticed that first gear was now almost impossible to select, taking several firm stomps and moving the bike around to get it to engage. Also, when riding like that I started to get quite a few false neutrals.
I then adjusted the clutch back towards where it was originally, although with far less drag when hot and just a teensy bit at rest and the gearbox is back to normal again. Is my gearbox due for some attention? Bike runs strong, makes a lot of gear whine (expected from the straight cut gears?) and with that teensy amount of drag the shifts are fast and positive. Does it need drag to work properly? Or is it a symptom of a dying box?
I went on a few rides where I had finished in town, but the clutch was dragging too much at the end of the ride when everything was hot and it made changing gears very difficult. The drag seems to go from "slight" to "bad" as the bike got hot.
Anyway, I adjusted the clutch at the lever so I could feel it was fully releasing. Immediately noticed that first gear was now almost impossible to select, taking several firm stomps and moving the bike around to get it to engage. Also, when riding like that I started to get quite a few false neutrals.
I then adjusted the clutch back towards where it was originally, although with far less drag when hot and just a teensy bit at rest and the gearbox is back to normal again. Is my gearbox due for some attention? Bike runs strong, makes a lot of gear whine (expected from the straight cut gears?) and with that teensy amount of drag the shifts are fast and positive. Does it need drag to work properly? Or is it a symptom of a dying box?