I actually have something similar happening to me but not very often. It happens more when it's hot outside and I've been holding the clutch lever in for a bit and then let go. If I let go of the lever too slowly it acts like the clutch is slipping and it makes a growling type noise. Strange... Fluid has been changed on a yearly basis and the oil is Mobil 1 MC oil.
Well, after flushing and bleeding, it seems to have done the trick. Like Buttah!
I suppose somehow, air got into the system, or there was enough of that black rubber-like crap floating around in there, to maybe partially plug a port. dunno. Do know that she's working better than she has in a long time. I'd forgotten how smooth she was supposed to be!
-JD
In answer to RiderRich, my 08 has no problems and shifts very nicely. I have changed the clutch fluid once but it was just normal maintenance. Be careful reinstalling the gasket on top of the reservoir. It's easy to get it mis-aligned, then you get clutch fluid spraying on you as you go down the road. DAMHIK
Good, glad it's better for you. BTW, didn't you used to have a zombie looking avatar awhile back?
Well, after flushing and bleeding, it seems to have done the trick. Like Buttah!If the fluid had not been changed since 2008 it may have absorbed enough moisture to make it hydualically ineffective. Moisture lowers the boiling point.
I suppose somehow, air got into the system, or there was enough of that black rubber-like crap floating around in there, to maybe partially plug a port. dunno. Do know that she's working better than she has in a long time. I'd forgotten how smooth she was supposed to be!
-JD
Excellent! It's strange but after all these years I associate people's forum names with specific avatars. Yours is one that has stuck with me as has Poke's. There are many others as well. I see the name and the picture pops up.
When I bought mine, the dealer told me all they had to do when they pulled the bike out of the crate was install the windshield, and put one saddle bag on, cross thread a bolt or two and run down a pre-deliver check list.
They only charged me $68 to drive across town to get the crate from another dealer, and setup up the bike. He said anything more and he felt he would be taking advantage of me.
Fixed it for ya', at least in some cases.
I am kidding here- my dealer was excellent and there were no problems with my bike from new. Other than the scratch on the front fender that it got when someone dropped a Gold Wing (Hondapotamus, 'Old Wing') on it but I blame that on Honda anyway. And the dealer ordered a new front fender before they even put the bike on the showroom floor.
Brian