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clutch soak, transmission in gear, or in neutral
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<blockquote data-quote="stevet" data-source="post: 1313593" data-attributes="member: 6036"><p>I've got 30 or so miles on my handiwork, lots of deliberate neighborhood wandering with lots of clutch action, and holding in the clutch at stoplights. Honestly, if I would not have known the work was done, I'd have a hard time saying it was done. Maybe the shift action is slightly smoother in the upper 4 gears, but she still argues about going into 1st from neutral (at stops) on most attempts. But I think this 1st gear behavior is typical across the history of the FJR. So, I'll be happy with whatever it gives me. I also work hard to find that sweet spot in letting off throttle (amount, and timing of it) while pulling in the clutch lever, and most of the time I'm putting a bit of preload under the toe shift lever. When I nail this combination, it shifts sweet everywhere, except neutral to 1st at a stop.</p><p></p><p>At my upcoming 26000 mile maintenance, I'll have the hydraulic fluids changed (unless I delve into that work and learn yet another new thing), that may help some(?). The greatest help to smoother shifting, before yesterday's work, was moving the clutch lever all the way back out to position #1 from the position #5 I've had it at all along, pretty much since new. Now I'm getting used to the new position of the friction zone (you'd think I was a brand new rider after making that change) and the longer reach to the lever. I've come across references at a few FJR/sport touring sites about going back to position #1 to get smoother shifting, and it's working for me. After a few more days I may put it at #2, a bit of a compromise, to bring in the lever a tad bit. <em>(I must not have the hands of Donald Trump...)</em></p><p></p><p>I guess it's just another little quirk to remind me that this is, in fact, a machine.</p><p></p><p>Steve.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stevet, post: 1313593, member: 6036"] I've got 30 or so miles on my handiwork, lots of deliberate neighborhood wandering with lots of clutch action, and holding in the clutch at stoplights. Honestly, if I would not have known the work was done, I'd have a hard time saying it was done. Maybe the shift action is slightly smoother in the upper 4 gears, but she still argues about going into 1st from neutral (at stops) on most attempts. But I think this 1st gear behavior is typical across the history of the FJR. So, I'll be happy with whatever it gives me. I also work hard to find that sweet spot in letting off throttle (amount, and timing of it) while pulling in the clutch lever, and most of the time I'm putting a bit of preload under the toe shift lever. When I nail this combination, it shifts sweet everywhere, except neutral to 1st at a stop. At my upcoming 26000 mile maintenance, I'll have the hydraulic fluids changed (unless I delve into that work and learn yet another new thing), that may help some(?). The greatest help to smoother shifting, before yesterday's work, was moving the clutch lever all the way back out to position #1 from the position #5 I've had it at all along, pretty much since new. Now I'm getting used to the new position of the friction zone (you'd think I was a brand new rider after making that change) and the longer reach to the lever. I've come across references at a few FJR/sport touring sites about going back to position #1 to get smoother shifting, and it's working for me. After a few more days I may put it at #2, a bit of a compromise, to bring in the lever a tad bit. [I](I must not have the hands of Donald Trump...)[/I] I guess it's just another little quirk to remind me that this is, in fact, a machine. Steve. [/QUOTE]
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