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Old 06-08-2020, 12:23 PM   #6
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For a comparison, I just put my Monster in first gear with engine stopped on a paddock stand and rotated the rear wheel by hand.

I went as far clockwise as possible without turning the engine and marked the tyre with a biro at the Tip of the hugger.
I then rotated anti-clockwise as far as possible and made another biro mark.
The two biro marks are 63mm apart.
There is a pronounced click from the clutch area as the movement stops, but with 8000 miles on the clock the clutch shouldn’t be worn out yet.
It’s rotation that is cumulative at each connection, so the distance moved at the cush drive rubbers, drive sprocket splines and clutch tabs wouldn’t have to be huge to add up to the 11.5 degrees of rotation equivalent to the 63mm that was measured.
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