Hi all, new here and to riding in general. I recently bought an 06 625 smc in decent condition. It came with the 5 gallon tank, heated grips, extra plastics and some more odds and in. All the blinkers, speedometer, horn, were taken off so I'm slowly adding that stuff back on so I can get it inspected. I've put on new tires with help from a friend, regeared it from 17-40 to 16-42 and put a new chain on, changed the oil and thats about it so far. I mainly ride in Central VA on the blue ridge parkway/SNPand twisties to work and back, and a few trails close to the house. However, crashed last weekend on atv trails and ripped off the clutch and decompression lever, the switch for the lights/horn/kill switch, wire for the heated grips was damaged, mangled the hand guard, and not sure what esle yet. I came out with a slightly sprained wrist. I had to push the bike up a hill, get a rolling start, jam in it first and limp the bike home. All in all not to bad, could have been alot worse. All in good fun. Now I want to repair and put some bling on. Is there a better clutch master cylinder than the stock magura? What about the 9.0 vs 9.5 vs 10.5 clutch master. I saw a clutch lever that bends out of the way if crashed. I like the sickass switch for the light/horn switch. Thanks for some replies. Cheers Sid
Sorry about your crash, consider folding mirrors with your new setup. I feel for you guys with the hydraulic clutch. Is swirching to a manual impossible? 17/42T is real nice for road tripping if yu don't have to do too much off road steep stuff. bill
Sent you my phone number. Off till Wednesday. Call anytime. Email me your address. Thinking I will get the clutch lever that will flex and it's orange.
