Hi All, I have a question for all the gurus here: My '99 R1100R has about 48,000 miles on it, I've had it about a year and a half and don't have any idea of the service history before I owned it. I've put about a thousand miles on it since doing a scrambler conversion and the past couple of weekends I have had it on a couple of trail riding/camping trips; after I got back from the last trip I parked it for a week or so and when I fired it up this morning I noticed kind of a chatter or shake when engaging the clutch in first gear. I took it out for a 1/2 hr on the freeway to get it warm and it improved somewhat but still shakes if I ride the clutch from a stop. It's totally rideable and just starting out from a stop normally or shifting gears it's fine. The only scenario where I think it would be noticeable might be starting out on a steep hill.
Of late I've been getting out into some pretty remote areas and not being familiar with the failure modes I'm a little concerned about getting stuck somewhere. If it's clutch wear I imagine I would notice it starting to slip (it's not) but I guess if the splines let go that would be game over at that point. I've heard about the dry spline syndrome and I had planned on tearing it down over the winter and addressing whatever it needs at that time, but I'd like to get a few more trips in before monsoon season starts (I'm in Seattle). I had planned on meeting friends to camp out on the coast next week and getting a couple days of off-road riding in on the way out, so just wondering if there's anything I can look at short of removing the trans (is anything accessible removing the starter, for example?)
Thanks!
Of late I've been getting out into some pretty remote areas and not being familiar with the failure modes I'm a little concerned about getting stuck somewhere. If it's clutch wear I imagine I would notice it starting to slip (it's not) but I guess if the splines let go that would be game over at that point. I've heard about the dry spline syndrome and I had planned on tearing it down over the winter and addressing whatever it needs at that time, but I'd like to get a few more trips in before monsoon season starts (I'm in Seattle). I had planned on meeting friends to camp out on the coast next week and getting a couple days of off-road riding in on the way out, so just wondering if there's anything I can look at short of removing the trans (is anything accessible removing the starter, for example?)
Thanks!
