pcoburn
Active member
A couple of questions on my '16 R1200GS, possibly related, but may not be at all! Observations from ~5 hour ride yesterday -
1) Once warmed up, the entire clutch operation seems like it's in about the last 5% of the lever travel (when releasing it). I've read up on the ability to adjust the plunger so I might look into that to at least bring it back towards the bars a little. I don't feel any slipping when I'm accelerating but I haven't had a bike/car with a clutch that has the take up point so far out so wondering if there could still be some residual pressure on the clutch when released. By comparison, for the first mile or so it is much more "normal" and I get about 1/3 of the lever travel from the initial bite point to lever all the way out.
2) Again, once warmed up, the quick shifter seems very abrupt. I've had quick shift on a different BMW (S1000R), but only on upshift and on that one it was buttery smooth. Up or down it doesn't seem very smooth, and especially down, I really feel like I have to press hard. A couple of times yesterday when I downshifted from 2-1 it went into neutral because I didn't stand on it hard enough. Maybe I shouldn't be using it for 2-1 but after those 2 times I ended up manually downshifting. Anything to look for with the quick shifter for adjustments to make sure it is set up correctly?
Otherwise I'm really enjoying the bike. I bought this one and sold my '11 RT on the same day and I'm really happy I switched - the GS just "fits" me better than the RT. More comfortable for me and the power seems much more than the specs would suggest.
1) Once warmed up, the entire clutch operation seems like it's in about the last 5% of the lever travel (when releasing it). I've read up on the ability to adjust the plunger so I might look into that to at least bring it back towards the bars a little. I don't feel any slipping when I'm accelerating but I haven't had a bike/car with a clutch that has the take up point so far out so wondering if there could still be some residual pressure on the clutch when released. By comparison, for the first mile or so it is much more "normal" and I get about 1/3 of the lever travel from the initial bite point to lever all the way out.
2) Again, once warmed up, the quick shifter seems very abrupt. I've had quick shift on a different BMW (S1000R), but only on upshift and on that one it was buttery smooth. Up or down it doesn't seem very smooth, and especially down, I really feel like I have to press hard. A couple of times yesterday when I downshifted from 2-1 it went into neutral because I didn't stand on it hard enough. Maybe I shouldn't be using it for 2-1 but after those 2 times I ended up manually downshifting. Anything to look for with the quick shifter for adjustments to make sure it is set up correctly?
Otherwise I'm really enjoying the bike. I bought this one and sold my '11 RT on the same day and I'm really happy I switched - the GS just "fits" me better than the RT. More comfortable for me and the power seems much more than the specs would suggest.