Soft Clutch Lever?

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    So 4th gen motorcycle has been parked in the garage for quite sometime, starts okay and have been keeping up with fresh gas or stabil.

    It starts and have not taken it out on a ride but whenever I press clutch lever it seems too soft? What could it be?

    Thanks fellow VFRs for the help.
     


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    After such a long break, have you bled it and checked the activation shaft?
     


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    No, have not done anything and will start with bleeding as the first one, where is activation shaft? I mean with lever can hear a clicking(switch?) engagement.

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    When you move the lever on the master, the fluid pushes a piston on the slave which in turn pushes a shaft (into the actual clutch assm.). That shaft can get pretty grimey. It won't likely cause a soft lever, but I'd clean it so that you know you're starting at 100% after the bleed.
     


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    --- What bmart says... :thumbs:
     


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