Re: Difficult getting into 1st from neutral, R100R
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 5:28 pm
^^^ What he said!!
Kurt in S.A.
Kurt in S.A.
That's very fair comment. I think the thing we can take from this discussion is that, if the clutch is set up by the book (whichever clutch you have and whichever book you choose to read) and if it still doesn't work properly, then you have an issue that has nothing to do with adjustment.barryh wrote: ↑Tue Sep 01, 2020 2:29 pm I think we make too much fuss about clutch adjustment.
There are two parts to it: obviously there must be some free play which is important. The 201 mm measurement is simply an easy means of achieving maximum mechanical advantage by ensuring that the operating lever at the gearbox end is parallel to the rear plate of the gearbox when the handlebar lever is at half travel. There is nothing more magic to it than that and frankly a small error doesn't seem to make much difference as the change in mechanical advantage is not significant.
From measurements that I made, the pre-81 method seemed to amount to the same things with the exception that there is a small difference in the specified free play presumably due to the different clutch set up. So unless I'm missing something the two methods amount to much the same thing with the post 81 method just being easier way of achieving that maximum mechanical advantage.
Rob
Then the less simple things can come to mind.
