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Hey @Rebelmotard I feel your pain. A new starter is the easiest way. But could you also use a tap and die kit to thread a slightly bigger hole?

This thread is hilarious. My button is sticking, and requires force to activate it... I have to fix it before the bloody thing falls off! If anyone shares a CAD model I'll put it up on my server for public use (and credit you).

Praise like yours on this forum is why I had to try it out! I feel the love — it's inspiring. I may just be having a rough week and this was the final straw. Sometimes it's hard to disentangle one feeling from another. The wiser side of me knows it would be foolish to give up so quickly. I'll...

I didn't know the MV had that motor in it! Definitely the non-exclusivity hurts my ego a bit. But my days with the Hyper are numbered and I've listed it for sale. The final straw for me on the Hyper was that over the last week, after 1,000 kms or so of enjoyable riding in the hills, it left...

Yeah, all good ideas. I haven't ever bought new, but the new kawi looks great. I thought I had heard they'd squeeze more power than that out of it, too.

I read your earlier thoughts on the V-Strom 650 actually — thanks, appreciate it. So hard to tell in just 30 minutes. I'd love to do an overnight test drive.

Lately I've been blasting around hills in the 70-100 km/h range on my Hyperstrada 821 — ever since I got the clutch fixed — and been realising I have more fun in the Urban mode, which purportedly limits the horsepower to around 75. I just get to wind it out a lot more and that feels "fun". I've...

@rldixon I know what you mean. Your opinion is as valid as anyone else's, and pooling together many other opinions helps me make mine. But it's funny how heavily one's feeling of reliability is based on subjective, recent experience, coupled with any incidental pain that created. If 1,000 other...

This is a great list, thanks @gatdammit and @appliance821. @Bones302 we're lucky in this sense we have a wire clutch! (I hate bleeding clutches, too... or anything bleeding tbh)

Finished. Clutch basket had to come off. The reason is that the final toothed steel plate kept falling off on one side, no matter how gently I put them back on, even with the bike precariously leaned over towards me. I'd recommend anyone either commit to removing the clutch basket, or don't do...

Hey all I'm considering doing long-distance (~10,000 km) on my Hyper 821. It has 15,000 kms before the next major service. Complications: I'm in Australia. Finding spare parts takes days when something fails. So what are common parts that fail (that would stop me riding further), that would...

Took the plunge and ordered a 32mm socket on eBay — I'll remove the basket to do it "properly". It'll arrive in a couple of days. Frustratingly, my other two bikes are ALSO off the road (bad timing) so at least one's going to the mechanic for a quicker repair! I actually called a mechanic to...

Makes sense @Araitim. I was trying to figure out why it wouldn't spin freely, and being jammed against a misaligned plate might do it. I actually can't even see how the little tabs could reach their slots. The 11 plates (10 Adige + 1 Adige DU 133/6) are too thick! Just shows I'm out of my...

thanks @Araitim and @gatdammit, I've learned a lot from your posts. I also thought maybe one of the driven plates was misaligned. Probably just one! Pulled it apart again. Confirmed (a few times) 11 friction plates, 10 steel plates between them, plus I'm staring at the one of each I removed...

This photo was useful. I couldn't figure out whether I had too many plates. I mean I know I had 11, but it was sticking out like that, so and I couldn't see how it could line up with the basket! I was vaguely annoyed to realise the previous owner replaced my clutch pack with an Adige clutch...

Ok, I've done it now and see why you needed the dental string! After a lot of struggle and a fear, I've gotten it to this point. See images I'll attach. I removed the two topmost plates, placed the new two plates (plus anti judder spring and washer), and then really struggled to get the...

Hi Jez, which job did you complete — did you do the DU-133/6 anti-judder kit? I'm trying to avoid removing the clutch basket (which another poster said isn't necessary with the anti-judder kit), trying to understand all the shop manual guides/instructions/comments in this thread before I start...