CLUTCH CURIOSITY

[Headout]

I know we've been here before on a post or two but it seemed to me to be in a nebulous way.
Most complaints about clutch/lever changes follow the 'my clutch is unpredictable' sort of remark.
I will expand with the empirical.
Not really paid too much attention before but riding in stop/start traffic on the weekend I noticed that the biting point was about 20mm from the grip which remained consistent till I made a slow left down a slight incline, stopped again - Then as I went to pull away the revs rose much more than anticipated as the bite was now 3/4 of the full travel of the lever (which as I continued I discovered was were it normally lives) is this a normal variation?
And does the centrifugal mechanism (mentioned in a Yankee bike review) have a bearing on this ??
Thanks for any RELEVANT posts.

 

[Magnon]

When you've ridden a bike for sometime you know where the bite point is its second nature its not something you need to think about. However on occasions ive cursed the 'f'ing bike because the bite point has moved and its happend at such inconvenient times like just when making a full lock turn. Where you expect the drive to take up it doesnt and you end up dabbing to prevent a lowside.

Is it possible the hydraulic hose could be changing it's volumetric capacity from steering straight ahead to full lock?

Sorry don't know about the centrifugal workings.

 

[Jon1m]

I have had this and a new master cylinder sorted it out. It came back about 4 months later so we are now on master cylinder 3 to be honest it's always been accompanied by the gear change becoming much "noisier" from 1st to 2nd and 2nd to third. 4th and 5th have always been great. The last master cylinder figment has made the whole bike feel much better. The dealer has been excellent with service and support as they should but nice to feel the support is there.

 

[Headout]

Thanks for your thoughts gentlemen, I'll ask here at the dealer just in case they have had any bikes with this.
I think I know the answer but you never know.
curious about the master cylinder connection.