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<blockquote data-quote="Spork" data-source="post: 1240723" data-attributes="member: 88342"><p>I'm 200-220 6'0" but I used to lift a lot so I'm only chubby around the middle.</p><p></p><p>My last ST bike was a 04 BMW K1200GT. It was a smooth (engine and trans) and good looking bike, but the final drive possibly failing, and the servo brakes possibly failing, caused me to look at something more reliable.</p><p></p><p>I was thinking along your lines that the clutch may need to loosen up. The bike has 6900 miles (I bought it with 6300 a week ago), and those foam thingies on the hand grips that indirectly give you a bit more leverage when twisting the wrist, maybe reducing throttle precision. In any event I find I gotta rev the engine a bit higher to not lug the engine while releasing the clutch, since it appears to engage quickly with a narrow friction zone. My Triumph's clutch is pretty predictable with 9.5k on it so I was thinking it might be a model thing.</p><p></p><p>The other thing i find different is that the trans is a bit more clunky than my other bikes. My other bikes would just "click" into place when shifting up or down; this one is more of a "clunk". Maybe its a Japanese thing since my old KLR, and my friend's Ninja 650 both have a similar-feeling transmission.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spork, post: 1240723, member: 88342"] I'm 200-220 6'0" but I used to lift a lot so I'm only chubby around the middle. My last ST bike was a 04 BMW K1200GT. It was a smooth (engine and trans) and good looking bike, but the final drive possibly failing, and the servo brakes possibly failing, caused me to look at something more reliable. I was thinking along your lines that the clutch may need to loosen up. The bike has 6900 miles (I bought it with 6300 a week ago), and those foam thingies on the hand grips that indirectly give you a bit more leverage when twisting the wrist, maybe reducing throttle precision. In any event I find I gotta rev the engine a bit higher to not lug the engine while releasing the clutch, since it appears to engage quickly with a narrow friction zone. My Triumph's clutch is pretty predictable with 9.5k on it so I was thinking it might be a model thing. The other thing i find different is that the trans is a bit more clunky than my other bikes. My other bikes would just "click" into place when shifting up or down; this one is more of a "clunk". Maybe its a Japanese thing since my old KLR, and my friend's Ninja 650 both have a similar-feeling transmission. [/QUOTE]
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