[drog]

Forgot the rule - take it easy first 600 miles or rag into it?

I know on a brand new bike (obviously with new clutch) you're supposed to ride it as hard as you're ever supposed to, but can't remember if that's the same for a brand new clutch.

'02 gsxr 1000, 25kmiles, new clutch at 100miles. Been a little hard on it and keep smelling burning clutch afterwards.

 

[Veefer97]

How can you smell the clutch when it's a wet clutch inside an oil filled case? In any case I changed the clutch on my track bike and broke it in on the track, as fast as I could.

 

[ajohn505]

Forgot the rule - take it easy first 600 miles or rag into it?

I know on a brand new bike (obviously with new clutch) you're supposed to ride it as hard as you're ever supposed to, but can't remember if that's the same for a brand new clutch.

'02 gsxr 1000, 25kmiles, new clutch at 100miles. Been a little hard on it and keep smelling burning clutch afterwards.

Rag into it.

Just kidding. You're not supposed to break in a new bike by riding it as hard as you can either, unless it's going to be a track bike. At least the manual doesn't recommend it

I'd think that it wouldn't hurt to take it easy for a few hunred miles at least.

 

[RayOSV]

Forgot the rule - take it easy first 600 miles or rag into it?

I know on a brand new bike (obviously with new clutch) you're supposed to ride it as hard as you're ever supposed to, but can't remember if that's the same for a brand new clutch.

'02 gsxr 1000, 25kmiles, new clutch at 100miles. Been a little hard on it and keep smelling burning clutch afterwards.

Whatever it is you've been doing, do the opposite. A new clutch at 25k miles says someone's been abusing it. :rolleyes

Not sure either how you can be smelling clutch unless you're really low on oil.

Plus if you've been abusing it for the first 100 miles, any damage is likely done.

 

[hozhead]

Are you smelling some spilt oil burning off perhaps?

 

[bush]

We're supposed to put oil in these things?

NOW I GET IT!

 

[Cj10488]

1 question.. You did soak the clutch disks in lightweight oil for a few hours prior to installing it correct?

James

 

[drog]

A mechanic i thoroughly trust did the work on it.
And I hadn't been too hard on it. Tried 1 wheelie at 50 miles, didn't like the way it felt, backed off, did some hard accelleration from time to time for the other 50. Letting it chill for now, gotta get in a mood to just ride and not be a dumbass. hard for me to do =\

 

[jim schmidt]

Another Mototune victim?