Not enough clutch travel? (dragging)

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With my 696 when I installed and adjusted (see above post) the Pazzo levers with the stock slave I could run them all the way down to position #2 and still have enough travel for complete disengagement, no dragging, and clean shifts into N. I can easily pull the clutch, without the bike running, and roll it around either direction.

How did you bleed your system?  With no bleed nipple at the master you have to crack open the banjo bolt or you will never get the air out of the master.  Not even with a vacuum bleeder.  Its a mess to do it this way so be careful. Just an idiosyncrasy of the coffin MC's.  Better yet, install a bleed nipple (I did) so you will never have a problem bleeding them again.

With the stock slave the stroke is really long and engages at the very end, so getting it bled correctly is really important. Yours is acting just like mine did before I got that last little burp out of the MC.

I have since changed to a 28mm Sato slave (DO NOT install any larger slave on the 696) and it kept the pull force the same (I wish it was firmer) but cleaned up the stroke and improved the feel and travel distance drastically.

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