Changing Gear - Preloading Shifter - Any Issues ?

[Mogster]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIhycth8msU

Fook me where did you find this steaming twerp..... 

BTW Tuono's have a slipper clutch...sooooo the whine you hear is the slipper clutch crying in it's basket..... 

[howard]

Clutch less gear changes might be ok if you want to track day your gtr but us normal guys just use the clutch,thats why its fitted.

[flatfour]

I have recently (one month ago) replaced my 2004 BMW K1200 RS with a 2012 registered GTR. The BMW always had an excellent gearchange (it is usually the boxer twins and later transverse four cylinder/six cylinder engines that suffer from occasional reports of poor gearchange quality), however after some 1,400  miles I felt that the change on the Kawasaki (especially into first from a standstill and from first to second) was bad enough to merit a return to the dealer and ask for advice.

The dealer tried the bike and agreed that it was harsh into first and from first to second. They bled the clutch (no difference, I rode some twenty miles and went back) and then they changed the oil and filter, using Motul 300V oil. This has revolutionised the whole gear selection process, it seemed much better immediately, but was a HUGE improvement after covering around 100 miles! The dealer feels that the fully synthetic oil allows the clutch plates to free more easily, it certainly does something.

Finally, despite the cost (over £55.00 for four litres) this is the oil for me from now on.

[Lonewolf]

My 2007 GTR could be on occasion a bit lumpy on gear changes but my 2011 model is smooth. As for the sustained gear changes, done right they are a dream, get it wrong and it's a bit messy.

[dokterdave]

If your pillion likes it fast.
Crutchless is the only way.

[zedmeister]

Mine is really good, apart from when i cock up the odd shift, i like my boot just touching the shift lever, so i just slightly flick the lever for a smooth change. The correct grade clean oil will also make a difference, and the correct span of your gloved hand to the clutch lever. When changing down i always blip the throttle first to keep the revs up.

[Deon]

Blipping the throttle on changing down is used to keep the revs up with the back wheel in order to stop the back wheel from locking up. No need to do this on the GTR as it has a slipper clutch.

Deon

[pistole]

- re the throttle blip going down the box : at higher speeds i will just leave it to the slipper to sort it out (which it does very well).

- but at lower speeds , eg , 3-2-1 , have found that the slipper isn't really that much help there and hence will still do the blip.
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[zedmeister]

Been doing it for years, force of habit,  my other bikes dont have one so i will keep blipping.