TheFALCON
.020 Over
Its also an automatic oil change… So i still think oil quality / brand / additives has a lot to do with this judder.
Good for you, that it is resolved.
Good for you, that it is resolved.
Protonhound
Supercharged
I am going on a little overnight trip next weekend and if the judder is still gone and the bike won't have to go back into the shop again then it will definitely be oil change time even though I only have 1650 miles on it now. As far as oil brand etc goes, I went down that rabbit hole many moons ago and came back out with the realization that it just doesn't matter as long as it's a major reputable brand and the same type and weight so I'm using what my dealer uses which is this.
Journeyman
"And this one is just right" ~ Goldilocks
Bleed the MC and see if it makes a difference
Protonhound
Supercharged
Since mine is gone after the dealer removed and re-installed the clutch I do believe that the issue is caused by either not aligning things properly or not torguing things down properly at the factory as the 2 documents I attached seem to allude to. They did not bleed the clutch and the problem is gone, at least for now. It might be worth a few hundred bucks to take it in and have them look at it.
TheFALCON
.020 Over
I think i comfirmed my idea of the sticky clutch plates.
Last time (couple days ago) directly after the ride I put away the bike with the clutch lever pulled back and put a velcro strap around it to keep it there. This takes the compression off the clutch plates while the bike is standing still. Today i drove away with almost zero judder at all!
So my mind is at ease now.
Worth a try for everybody I guess to confirm the idea.
Last time (couple days ago) directly after the ride I put away the bike with the clutch lever pulled back and put a velcro strap around it to keep it there. This takes the compression off the clutch plates while the bike is standing still. Today i drove away with almost zero judder at all!
So my mind is at ease now.
Worth a try for everybody I guess to confirm the idea.
Journeyman
"And this one is just right" ~ Goldilocks
I would think that if they re-installed the clutch that they would have changed the fluid and, by procedure, bled the MC.
I reported at the beginning of this thread that my bike also displayed this behavior, but it has not done so in a long while. I've bled the MC twice since then and not sure what else to attribute the change to. It's a very easy and quick procedure - this is not bleeding the entire clutch fluid, you're just "burping" the MC. I still think it's worth a try.....
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Protonhound
Supercharged
I did think about that at the time but decided to not press the issue since changing more than one thing at a time would not tell me what the issue was. Now I know that the clutch fluid or oil had nothing to do with it.
Journeyman
"And this one is just right" ~ Goldilocks
They said they did not change the fluid? That would be surprising.
Protonhound
Supercharged
No, same dirty looking fluid that seems to be common with these bikes and the clutch works great. They didn't say and I didn't ask but it looks the same to me.
