Hello all, I just recently purchased a sprint st 1050 07 plate everything is great and i love it! however i have one issue when i am stuck in traffic normally rush hour my clutch starts to get warm and i notice the biting point is getting closer to the hand grip.... when the clutch is cool it returns back to normal. I have taken it back to the garage i purchased it from they have had the clutch plates out and soaked them, but they have said that the over heating is a manufacturer fault and nothing they can do. I have checked to make sure it is running fully synthetic oil. I will also be checking the oil cooler to make sure it has air flow. Any advice would be great!
Hi Daniel and welcome aboard. It has been known for clutches to play silly buggers when using the wrong oil or old oil. Try doing an oil/filter change to see if there is an improvement, especially if the bike is new to you. Worst case scenario is no improvement, but at least you will know the oil is new and the correct type/spec, 'cos you put it in there.
Hi Daniel, are you sure your bike manual stipulates fully synthetic oil? That's quite unusual for a wet clutch.
Thanks Steve Yes i had the garage replace the oil and change the filter. however i am not 100% sure they put fully synthetic oil in the bike, so i will be doling an oil and filter change myself!
Hello I spoke to the guys at the triumph stand at the excel bike show and one of them there that day was the head tech and said that they are filled with fully synthetic oil.
So i have a list of a couple of bits i will be doing, Oil/filter change, i will also be checking the oil cooler to make sure that is not clogged up and there is enough airflow. Anything else you guys can suggest? I saw a GS once with a couple of PC fans rigged up on the oil cooler! might be an idea haha.
HI Dan has any additives been add to engine oil at any time ?? as this is a wet clutch you need to check oil added to engine stipulates this. do you know what the name of oil that is in engine at moment and researched it ?
Hello Peter, I am not 100% what has been put into the engine as the garage done it, I have just recently purchased a manual for the bike but a quick google search should hopefully give me the answer.
When you do the oil change make sure that the oil is motor bike specific. This is important for correct clutch operation. On a more general note heat in the clutch is usually due to slippage, which can be caused by many things but the easiest to test for is poor clutch cable adjustment. If the clutch cable is not adjusted correctly,if it's too tight, then the clutch will tend to slip and cause heat. There is usually an adjuster on the clutch lever - a large knurled knob - if you turn this to allow more slack the clutch will close fully and reduce any tendancy to slip. You can use semi-synthetic and as you are having clutch trouble,that's what I would put in, at your engine oil change. Engine oil spec lifted directly from Triumph Owners manual: Semi or fully synthetic 10W/40 or 10W/50 motorcycle engine oil which meets specification API SH (or higher) and JASO MA, such as Castrol Power 1 Racing 4T 10W-40 (fully synthetic) engine oil, sold as Castrol Power RS Racing 4T 10W-40 (fully synthetic) in some countries.
Hi Daniel Have you looked at your cooling system,I had a Daytona that got hot very quickly so I got a pressure washer and blasted the radiator to help the cooling side of things and it is amazing how much s...t is held in the fins. I know this is not your main problem but may help in the long run. Mark
Just be careful when pressure washing a radiator as too much pressure will destroy a radiator! And no, I didn't learn the hard way. I was threatened with the sack and a big bill if I buggered up the radiator on the Volvo F7 I was driving at the time (but not whilst pressure washing it!). You think Triumph parts are expensive? Volvo truck parts have stratospheric prices!! Come to think of it, most truck part prices are ridiculous. Truck not rolling? Truck not earning. You need parts? Then you must pay ... through the nose!
