Clutch adjustment

Nat67 said:

Do you guys notice a big difference in clutch cable free play when the engine is hot as opposed to cold ?
I generally check the free play before every startup and am finding that the 3mm at the lever when cold becomes nearer 5 mm
After a run !
When the engine has cooled , free play once again returns to 3mm .
If I were to set the free play when the engine was hot it would be way too tight the next time I was to run the bike .
Just an observation !

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mr hunt said:

You only check it at every start up?

I pull over after a period of time, algorithmically determined, factoring in ambient temperature, barometric pressure, average speed in metres/second, stainless steel cable fatigue times by days of service relative to plastic sheath expansion correlated with number of gear changes divided by kilometers travelled expressed as a ratio of gearbox rebuilds. Then I measure free play in millimeters and tabulate against a matrix of bees dicks (x axis) versus poofteenths (y axis).

Its usually within spec....

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mr hunt said:

You only check it at every start up?

I pull over after a period of time, algorithmically determined, factoring in ambient temperature, barometric pressure, average speed in metres/second, stainless steel cable fatigue times by days of service relative to plastic sheath expansion correlated with number of gear changes divided by kilometers travelled expressed as a ratio of gearbox rebuilds. Then I measure free play in millimeters and tabulate against a matrix of bees dicks (x axis) versus poofteenths (y axis).

Its usually within spec....

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