It's great to have some time during the Xmas holidays to work on the bike. There is not even much snow, so I am not tempted to go skiing much.
Todays job was to install the new (thicker and stepped) thrust washer in the clutch. This was made by a guy on the RGV250 Forum in the UK, and he made up a batch, it is supposed to give increased lift to the clutch plate thereby allowing the plates to free up, it is also stepped so that it doesn't get worn on the bearing surface.
Anyway here is the clutch, all the plates and disks were measured and are easily still within service limits. They measured on average 2.85mms thick and the clutch plate claws were 13.96 mms wide.
I also made up a new gear lever, calculated to give more gear shaft movement for less boot movement, I am trying to fit it so that there is not as much play as in the old system.
Next job is to make new radiator mounting plates, and fit the new rad.
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