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Old 04-Oct-2004, 14:29
marchesini marchesini is offline
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open cover?

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Originally posted by tp-996
Launch / Pulling away - I started to notice on Tuesday that it seemed a bit 'graunchy' when I was taking off in 1st, I stalled it once it felt so weird. Not sure if this is normal or not?? Maybe the Surflex plates made the difference here? Anyone with more slipper experience please comment? Nelly?

I've had the Sigma one on my bike for about 3 years now and the amount of additional confidence it gives on corner entry cannot be stressed enough.

That said though, when taking off from a standstill, you have to be really gentle when letting the clutch out or else the bike will stall - I have just got used to it but various people have told me different solutions - some which is get used to it to put back the old one if you want to ride it around town! A friend of mine tried to ride the bike and must have stalled it 6 or 7 times before he was able to get away.

I now believe that with a closed clutch cover, excessive dust causes the 'graunchiness' so I will be experimenting with washers and open clutch covers to see if that helps. Anyone else experience this 'grauchiness' with an open clutch cover??

Best regards

simon
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