Bilbo's Journey

[Hooli]

That'd make sense with a sticky piston not sliding as well as it should then. There's a mod on here somewhere with a Busa part to fit a rubber boot over the slave & solve the problem for good.

[Tally]

I avoid clunking into 1st gear by holding the clutch in for a count of ten, this allows the clutch plates to free up and then 1st gear goes in with a click. ( after letting the revs return to idle from cold start obviously.)Anybody else do this??.

[Hooli]

To be honest 90% of the time mine was started in gear anyway. I always parked it up in gear as it's a little more secure if knocked or on a slight slope. The only exception was in the garage where I'd wheel it in backwards for a more sensible parking position.

[grog]

Tally, never tried but i will.

[Eric GSX1400K3]

I avoid clunking into 1st gear by holding the clutch in for a count of ten, this allows the clutch plates to free up and then 1st gear goes in with a click. ( after letting the revs return to idle from cold start obviously.)Anybody else do this??.

yeah that is supposed to overcome stiction and separate the plate stack. Suzuki clutch steel plates are dimpled to retain more oil, plus the clutch sits in an oil bath.

The 10sec count is common practice with the dry sump/wet clutch BMWs, as oil gets pumped into the stack only when the engine is running.

I tried it with the 1402 but made no difference. Held it for a count of 10, then dropped it into 1st. Bike lurches fwd and its a big clunk. Not healthy for the gear engagement dogs. Away this weekend, but will strip the clutch slave down, change fluid and go from there at the next opportunity.

[grog]

Dont think ive ever owned jap bike that didnt clunk into 1st. Ducati, English etc, cant remember.Try a Harley, some of them scare me, almost think their fine handling frame could get damaged. 😂

[Hooli]

I find it odd, some days bikes drop into gear smoothly yet another it's an almighty bang. Doesn't seem to be any logic to it either. Just life with wet clutches I guess.

[grog]

Much better than dry clutch i built for mates Jawa. It lasted 30 ks then smoked up, scary. Master mechanic me, it was actually a wet clutch. Hard to be perfect all the time🤪

[Eric GSX1400K3]

I find it odd, some days bikes drop into gear smoothly yet another it's an almighty bang. Doesn't seem to be any logic to it either. Just life with wet clutches I guess.

exactly, same here, and it doesn't seem to matter whether its hot or cold engine.

[Barbastro K6]

Does the name Bilbos have any relationship with Bilbao- Spain?

[grog]

No Mate, we named it from Lord Of The Rings, such a long story to fix it👍

[Mick_J]

No Mate, we named it from Lord Of The Rings, such a long story to fix it👍

I think that is code for him being very short with big hairy feet.   

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Tend to get the toe hair curled around the gearshift sometimes, but I digress....

[KiwiCol]

Tend to get the toe hair curled around the gearshift sometimes, but I digress....

Digress as far as putting some Brylcreem in said hair & comb backwards & hey presto, no more tangles in the gear shift!     God, remember that stuff?   Glad that's not still a thing.

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Well, tell that to the guy at our gym that seems to swim in the stuff