Joined Nov 2016
9 Posts | 6+
sunnyvale ca
i've posted here a while ago bout crashing my beloved 1299 because of the engine turning off but now it's the clutch lever. I've been fighting it since my 600 mile service and just accepted it as a daily thing to bleed the master and slave. But at 6300 miles it's becoming a problem. I bled the system because of a spongy feel and now the friction zone is way to far out. Let me try to explain. When driving a car you push the clutch in and slowly release until you find a friction zone. Normally it's about half way for a comfortable feel. With my 1299 when you release the clutch to find the friction zone it's pretty much all the way at the end before it grabs and that's after bleeding the system. Slave first then master. I've spent about 8 hours researching trying to figure out how to fix it without throwing tons of money at it and the only thing i've come up with is to replace the slave with an Oberon. Anyone else have this issue? Any recommendations for fixing it and is the fix replacing the slave with an oberon slave? Is there an adjustment i don't know about somewhere? It feels like i'm almost out of clutch lever before it grabs and it's almost unrideable. Any help would be appreciated since my dealership just charged me 100$ to look at it under warranty