R 1200GS Clutch

[farzad]

Hi everyone. I have been riding my new 1200gs and loving it. Teher is one thing that bugs me . When I do city riding and is alot of stop and go sometime I smell wire burning . I went to the dealer they cheked and everything is ok . Now can this be the smell of my cluch when i ply with it in the trafic ?

[kbasa]

Hi everyone. I have been riding my new 1200gs and loving it. Teher is one thing that bugs me . When I do city riding and is alot of stop and go sometime I smell wire burning . I went to the dealer they cheked and everything is ok . Now can this be the smell of my cluch when i ply with it in the trafic ?

My RT does that sometimes. I've not had that problem with my GS, though.

[dzimbric]

My GS makes a smell like that when I slip the clutch trying to work it out of the big rocks in creek bed or while starting back out after dropping it on a steep uphill section in the AZ mountains. I haven't had it happen on pavement, maybe you are slipping it a little more than neccessary on the road. :stick

[farzad]

Thanks guys for your repley. I guess I have to get use to it. I didnt ever experience this on my 1150 GS . And i have to ride it like I am a grown man now and dont ply with my bike in the city . I have to get use to north american riding mybe?
Thanks anyway.

[twotie4]

I have a new GS and I also have the burning smell. I thought it was the muffler getting heated up during the break in process.

[farzad]

so it looks like its not only my bike then.

[DougyB]

I am also having the stinking clutch phenomenon on my R12GS. I have done a very small amount of off-roading, and I could definitely smell it then. However, I get this smell a lot when I am riding on pavement. I commute over 75 KM each way, most of it highway with a short amount of stop-and-go on both ends. It is at the end of the commute the I smell the clutch, usually as I stop at traffic lights.

I have about 10,000 KM on the bike now, and have complained to the dealer several times. They say that they cannot detect any problems. I figure that I will just keep complaining every time I go by until the clutch burns out, then bitch/moan/cry until they replace it under warranty.

[farzad]

well.if its nothing wrong with the bike i dont care.I dont own a can and never learn how to drive!!! so i have no choice but riding my lovely GS. I am just scared after the 3 years gurantee that i have to fix the bike or sooo..$$$$$$. I have to to alots of shave and hair cut to pay for it.

[kbasa]

When I first got my GS, it used to burp a little trans fluid out of the trans vent. That would run down onto the muffler and make some nasty smells.

It eventually went away after a couple thousand miles and the trans works just fine.

[JimVonBaden1]

Mine sometimes smells like a new car engine when it is hot. It might be the anti-corrosion chemicals burning off the hot engine.

Of course if your bike is half a year old that can't be the case.

Jim :brow