Have a 2001 ST1100 with just over 76K miles. I've only had this bike about 6 weeks now and put about 800 miles on it (I have 2 bikes and had a 92 ST1100 ~7 years ago).
I noticed that, if I'm accelerating hard from first, I almost always 'grind' 2nd gear. I don't accelerate hard like that a lot, and initially I thought this was because I wasn't used to the bike. But today I did some riding and very deliberately pulled the clutch all the way in before shifting, and found that it is a very 'rough' shift no matter what if the RPMs are high coming from first gear. At milder acceleration everything seems fine. It seems like the clutch isn't fully disengaging.
Anyone have any ideas? Bad clutch master cylinder maybe? Should I try to flush/bleed the clutch fluid first maybe?
I noticed that, if I'm accelerating hard from first, I almost always 'grind' 2nd gear. I don't accelerate hard like that a lot, and initially I thought this was because I wasn't used to the bike. But today I did some riding and very deliberately pulled the clutch all the way in before shifting, and found that it is a very 'rough' shift no matter what if the RPMs are high coming from first gear. At milder acceleration everything seems fine. It seems like the clutch isn't fully disengaging.
Anyone have any ideas? Bad clutch master cylinder maybe? Should I try to flush/bleed the clutch fluid first maybe?