Went for a ride today again, man i love this bike.
Now when the weather is little colder than summer i can see that the oil is not that hot either, the oil pressure stays much higher at colder weather than summer. Maybe thinner oil would be better for colder weather (using now 20w-50 mineral oil)
Also i have noticed that the clutch adjustment/setup affects gear engagement? I mean the clutch plate centre screw adjustment.
I read the manual clutch adjustment guide (if i remember right it was something like that with slack clutch cable you "tighten" centre screw until it hits the clutch rod and then back up half turn) but i did not like it, even with the cable adjusted to full tight there was huge slack movement to the lever. So i just adjusted it with my feeling it felt good.
Clutch is good, its working as it should i think(its engaging and disengaging normally, not slipping) but the slight problem is that the gears are not engaging the way i would like to, but if they never do then its okay. I'll try to explain few cases.
When i shift from neutral to 1st gear, that gear wont engage when clutch lever is pulled all the way "in". I need to let the lever go slightly (its about 3/4 pulled in) and then 1st gear engages.
Down shifts feels to be always hard, when im shifting for example from 3rd to 2nd gear i need to wait speed to drop little bit and pull clutch in and give throttle little bit at the same time when i shift 2nd gear. And its almost impossible to get 1st engaged if you have moving forward. Many times when im coming to intersection i will need to stop with 2nd gear in and and then change 1st gear. If i try to engage 1st gear at low speed it just rattles and wont engage. I dont like to force gears in because they engage with loud unpleasant bang.
Also some times when im giving little harder acceleration than normally, 3rd gear might jump out of gear sometimes. After all i have noticed that there is certain range of rpm with differend gears that engages easiest.
Is this normal that would be caused by the wear of the gearbox or is my clutch adjustments bad? I would say that the clutch is engaged when the lever is between 1/2 - 3/4 pulled in. Sometimes i can hear small "rattle" or chattering when clutch is pulled in, i diagnosed that the noise is coming because of the plates are moving back and forth hitting the basket.
What would you guys say about the centre screw adjustment? Or could it make any difference how "tight" those 3 springs are? I would remember that i adjusted them same values as the manual says (the "nuts" are flush with the pressure plate caps). I remember that the gear engagements have been better before i changed clutch rubbers, but i would remember that the springs where tighter as they are now.
This bike has been great pleasure to ride, also its nice to see people turning their heads early to see what kind of bike is coming (when riding in town) and those smiles on their faces.
Theres not so many Nortons here so its pretty rare view..