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So at least it wasn't cold today. Out come the tools.
Springs bang on tolerances and the plates are remarkably flat without even minor gouging. Feelers agree. I'll be replacing them come spring, but everything is super clean inside the basket.
Anyway, that can't be it. Bit of a chin wag and I was thinking that with a won clutch, there would be some either abrupt gear drops or sudden loss of power. This was non of it, gradual from 4k up.Let's reassemble. Reinstalling the worn drive and notice the clutch cable bracket is alarmingly worn out..touching the sprocket nut..which is about halfway threaded into the output shaft...
Picture the rest.
Luckily just some burring and no substantial damage to either sprocket or shaft splines.
I suppose I don't really trust anyone to work on my bicycles, so not sure why I trusted someone to tighten that nut for me.What's the spring rate on the XR's clutch? 4 heavies & off road must be a ballache?
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Rather you than me! Agree with the sentiment - I’d prefer the skills to do this all myself to avoid someone else half-assing a minor/critical component.
I got just shy of 75 miles in today.
Puig ‘mini’ windshield arrived from Louis Moto in Germany, so fitted it ready to test.
Out of Swindon, hitting almost every country road south of the A420 to as close to Oxford as possible, then over the top and back. Had to do about 15-18 miles of the A420 though, to avoid probably 20 miles extra in detours (or repeating villages).
As soon as I joined the road it was super busy. Had a couple people overtake while I was doing 50 in a 50 zone so thought better stretch legs and have a breather. Aldi lorry had kept well back, which I really appreciated, so pulled in at first opportunity. Pics from the BP garage.
For a small windscreen it makes a big difference. Need to get the exact angle right, but really helped. 15 or so miles of 50mph I was happy to have something to hide behind. The little engine really wanted to go faster... until there was any kind of incline. It also wanted to get blown over. The open road felt very exposed at times.
Got some MX/enduro style hand shields coming from M&P’s ebay shop, hoping that will get rid of the worst of the wind chill and my little rat will still see some miles over the real winter.
pdlouche
If it's not snatchy or juddery, there won't be anything wrong with the basket. If it is you can just gently file the tangs a little to get rid of the grooves, though obvs not with the bike on it's side...make sure to polish smooth with wet and dry. :)
Clutch is a 20 minute job. You just need a flat surface and feeler gauges to check the old steel plates are flat (if you're reusing them) and verniers to measure the springs. Seriously though, I'd just order new springs and friction plates and whack it back together. I've never warped a steel plate, even on my old 125 race bikes and those things experience clutch apocalypse every start!
I need to have another crack at my XR650R clutch - fucker is slipping again. In their infinite wisdom, Honda made it the weakest part of the bike - only 4 lousy springs holding 50+ hp in race trim. Needs all HD springs really but my hands are getting so fucked I can't abide heavy clutches.