Factory Pro Shift Kit
Discussion
It's for my 918 Blade. The gearchange feels a little rough to me, you have to give a slow, deliberate push/pull and you can literally feel the internals moving into place through the lever. If I try to hurry it I get a false neutral occasionally. It's only got about 15k miles on it, and it's recently had new oil and new chain and sprockets (correctly tensioned). Other than that it's ok, it never jumps out of gear, makes no nasty noises and the clutch works nicely with no dragging etc.
By comparison the gearbox on my Tornado feels like a swiss watch, beautifully slick and fast, never baulks and I've never found a false neutral.
Now that I have sorted out the suspension on the Blade, I'd like to improve the gearchange if possible.
By comparison the gearbox on my Tornado feels like a swiss watch, beautifully slick and fast, never baulks and I've never found a false neutral.
Now that I have sorted out the suspension on the Blade, I'd like to improve the gearchange if possible.
Fitted the Factory Pro kit today, and in the process I found what is probably the main cause of the ropey gear change:
This plate has a larger internal diameter to the rest (and is therefore weaker) and sits at the back of the stack with an anti-judder bellville spring inside it. The rest of the clutch looks perfect, no notches on the basket and the rest of the steel and friction plates are like new apart from this one. Is this a common Fireblade issue?
Ordered a new one, but won't be here until Wednesday
This plate has a larger internal diameter to the rest (and is therefore weaker) and sits at the back of the stack with an anti-judder bellville spring inside it. The rest of the clutch looks perfect, no notches on the basket and the rest of the steel and friction plates are like new apart from this one. Is this a common Fireblade issue?
Ordered a new one, but won't be here until Wednesday
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