Clutch lever play vanishes

[stephen]

Hi all,

I've got a new KLE 500 and I've noticed two strange things regarding the clutch lever play. Firstly, I set the play to approx 1-2 mm when the oil is cold, bike standing in neutral, bars pointing straight ahead. However, as I ride the bike and the oil gets hotter (I guess), the play increases enormously, up to about 5 mm, actually making it difficult to change gears when the engine is hot. Also, in 4th gear, as I apply a load on the engine, all play in the clutch lever is taken up and the lever goes taught (even when there is stacks of play as mentioned above), if I close the throttle, the play returns, open it up, play is taken up again - but only in 4th.

Anyone come across anything like this before?

Cheers
steve