| Author | Message | ||
     Captjoe |
I've noticed my transmission engages and disengages just as I begin to pull in the clutch. The rest of the clutch travel provides nothing more than a hand exercise and a difficult one at that. Is this normal on the 1125r? I've checked and the fluid level is good and the bike isn't suffering from the infamous clutch weep but I thought it curious that the clutch disengages the transmission when I've only pulled it in approximately an inch or so. | ||
| Syonyk |
That's about right for a hydraulic clutch. It's self-adjusting. If you don't like the whole range, set the clicker on the lever to pull it closer to the bar. | ||
| Brumbear |
Check your reservoir level you may have a clutch weep not all of them weep and an even smaller number weep into the diaphragm not outside and down the case. | ||
| Duphuckincati |
I've warned anyone trying mine that the clutch does not engage until the lever is beyond half-way out so that sounds right to me too. | ||
| Zac4mac |
I don't know about other hydraulic clutches, this is the first I've encountered, but MY 1125R has a very light clutch(1-2 fingers) and a very small /short/narrow friction zone. It took a while to get used to. Last week I put a set of EBR heavy clutch springs in a guy's 1125. HOLY COW!!! It took 3-4 fingers, VERY stiff. Hope he doesn't have to shift much.... Z | ||
| Jdugger |
> Last week I put a set of EBR heavy clutch springs in a guy's 1125. I run a 2100 clutch spring in the Suter racing clutch... same deal. The good news is, after a season of racing lefty gives one heck of a stranger. The Brembo RCS19 clutch MC set to 18 and with a long travel helps... it provides a hint of mechanical advantage. | ||
| Timebandit |
"The good news is, after a season of racing lefty gives one heck of a stranger." I just spat coffee on my monitor. Thought you should know. | ||
| Dec03001 |
sooooo.... I know this is old but I can't find the answer anywhere. How can I adjust my 1125cr clutch. I realize I can adjust the lever, but that isn't cutting it. The clutch engages so far out that I look like an idiot when I over rev expecting the clutch to engage already. I am not new to motorcycles. Been riding my whole life. Haven't stalled a bike in years until this one. Just doesn't engage where every other bike I have owned has and it really throws me off. It has only been a week though. At any rate... How can I adjust where the clutch engages? I know on the XBs I can turn the screw under the cover. Does the 1125CR have something similar? | ||
| Froggy |
There is nothing to adjust, it is a take it or leave it kind of thing. | ||
| Dec03001 |
Wow.....seems like a major oversight. | ||
| Froggy |
It is not really an oversight, it is just how hydraulic clutches work. Very few have any real adjustment, you can play with the lever settings to change its feel, but that is basically it. Make sure there is enough fluid in the master cylinder, as if it is low it will take more effort to disengage the clutch. Once you get the hang of it, it is nice. Virtually no effort required to shift. I end up one fingering it, and it barley even needs to be pulled. |
