1 A very heavy clutch action Sun Oct 05, 2008 6:32 am
boristhebike
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Hi, I could do with some help here. After my lovely RT was destroyed by a car (6 years of great riding) I have have gone out and found myself a K100RS 1988 model. It seemed in great nick, clean and well looked after. But oh no...
The first ride of any distance revealed some faults.
Although the engine seems to pull OK, 120 mph of a motorway back home (just to try it out!!!), the clutch is as heavy as hell. I mean, really stiff and lacking feel. It will not be long before the clutch cable pings apart under the load. The result is that changing gear is a sad experience. Inaccurate and slow. The bloke who flogged it to me told me that he had already changed the cable for a new one, and disconected the side stand 'lifter' (not such a bad idea) so it should be OK for kinks and 'soldiers' sticking out of the cable. Any ideas out there.
Also the throttle is 'sticky' and slow to close. It does it OK, but it really should snap back rather than need a firm hand to shut it down. My last k100 had a throttle set screw fitted which I kept just engaged to ease the grip needed to ride about, but the k100rs throttle is just plain slow. I do like to ride with my fingers over the brake lever in traffic (a real safe riding trick I belive) while in traffic, but with this I just cant.
Anybody in the know. Any help welcome. Cheers. javascript:emoticonp('')
The first ride of any distance revealed some faults.
Although the engine seems to pull OK, 120 mph of a motorway back home (just to try it out!!!), the clutch is as heavy as hell. I mean, really stiff and lacking feel. It will not be long before the clutch cable pings apart under the load. The result is that changing gear is a sad experience. Inaccurate and slow. The bloke who flogged it to me told me that he had already changed the cable for a new one, and disconected the side stand 'lifter' (not such a bad idea) so it should be OK for kinks and 'soldiers' sticking out of the cable. Any ideas out there.
Also the throttle is 'sticky' and slow to close. It does it OK, but it really should snap back rather than need a firm hand to shut it down. My last k100 had a throttle set screw fitted which I kept just engaged to ease the grip needed to ride about, but the k100rs throttle is just plain slow. I do like to ride with my fingers over the brake lever in traffic (a real safe riding trick I belive) while in traffic, but with this I just cant.
Anybody in the know. Any help welcome. Cheers. javascript:emoticonp('')