Clutch issue….maybe.

[grumps]

Got on my 2020 650DL today and the clutch lever felt ‘ different”

There is slack in the cable adjuster when the lever is out but it does not fully come back to the bars, about 4 mm of gap between the lever and the bars at full pull.

Clutch disengages and engages OK but the feel is that the travel is somehow being restricted. Clutch bites at about 1/3rd out.

It may just be me but before I check absolutely everything is there any known issue like this on the 650?

I have ordered a manual that goes up to 2019 hoping that the most important things are still the same for a 2020 bike.

8500 miles.

TIA.

[Rusty Nuts]

I'll get the daft question out of the way first - have you got heated grips, and has the left grip rotated to stop you pulling the lever fully back?

[grumps]

Yes, and…….I didn’t think of that……..not with the bike at the moment but will check tomorrow…….good call👍👍👍

Not a daft question at all.👌

[grumps]

OBE for Rusty Nuts.

Exactly what was the cause. The grip was hard to rotate so how it did I don’t know but that’s what had happened. The cheapest fix ever😀

Just disappointed in myself for not thinking about it. Obvious when I looked harder.

Thanks RN👍👍👍👌👌
 

[Rusty Nuts]

I only thought of that because my glee did the same.

[grumps]

That’s the beauty of this forum. Someone else has suffered the pain before 😀😀

[Whiterose]

How did you manage to move it back to the proper position, I thought they were superglued on?

[Rusty Nuts]

I reckon the heat of the grip coupled with the possible unintentional torque of the hand weakens the glue's grip over time.

[grumps]

Thinking about it, it happened when the grips were on. Something to watch in future.