Hello All,
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Who am I: Six years all season/weather riding experience on CBR 600rr. Clocked 58,000 miles in total.
Question/Statement: I recently purchased a new 2016 zx-10r. I have a concern and a couple questions about this bike.
Clutch/Transmission (Concern):
Is not smooth on upshifts, in fact it feels downright broken. It feels like I have to be 100% precise on clutch and throttle engage/disengage, else it is clunky. There doesn't seem to be much room for feathering the clutch - I've adjusted the tensioner to where I get a couple mm of play in the lever. I've also had the bike do some weird sh*t when shifting into 4th - I can't really explain what it did, but it seemed like the ecu was doing something while I was doing something (I may have had KQS on - but I was definitely using the clutch lever to disengage/engage), and I was not accelerating hard.
With KQS On, upshifting seems decent enough, although it is no smoother than if I had it off and simply blipped the throttle while pre-loading the shifter. KQS feels clunky, and requires quite a bit of pressure to engage it (probably a good thing).
Downshifting/blipping seems ok enough.
Throttle (Question):
Throttle grip has a lot of play from side to side - I mean a lot - to the point where it is seriously distracting - How can I adjust that?
Front Brake Lever (Question):
My previous bike allowed me to adjust the brake lever tension - Can I do that on this bike? My index finger has to really stretch to engage the front brake, and when I do, the front brake is biting hard - it's not a huge issue, but there seems to be a lot more travel in the lever to the rest of my fingers that I could take advantage of...
Anyways, I'm really nervous about the clutch/transmission. It just seems much worse than my old CBR. Thoughts?
Thanks to zx-10r.net for providing a stable community.
Who am I: Six years all season/weather riding experience on CBR 600rr. Clocked 58,000 miles in total.
Question/Statement: I recently purchased a new 2016 zx-10r. I have a concern and a couple questions about this bike.
Clutch/Transmission (Concern):
Is not smooth on upshifts, in fact it feels downright broken. It feels like I have to be 100% precise on clutch and throttle engage/disengage, else it is clunky. There doesn't seem to be much room for feathering the clutch - I've adjusted the tensioner to where I get a couple mm of play in the lever. I've also had the bike do some weird sh*t when shifting into 4th - I can't really explain what it did, but it seemed like the ecu was doing something while I was doing something (I may have had KQS on - but I was definitely using the clutch lever to disengage/engage), and I was not accelerating hard.
With KQS On, upshifting seems decent enough, although it is no smoother than if I had it off and simply blipped the throttle while pre-loading the shifter. KQS feels clunky, and requires quite a bit of pressure to engage it (probably a good thing).
Downshifting/blipping seems ok enough.
Throttle (Question):
Throttle grip has a lot of play from side to side - I mean a lot - to the point where it is seriously distracting - How can I adjust that?
Front Brake Lever (Question):
My previous bike allowed me to adjust the brake lever tension - Can I do that on this bike? My index finger has to really stretch to engage the front brake, and when I do, the front brake is biting hard - it's not a huge issue, but there seems to be a lot more travel in the lever to the rest of my fingers that I could take advantage of...
Anyways, I'm really nervous about the clutch/transmission. It just seems much worse than my old CBR. Thoughts?