Spare clutch cable on new shape KLR - heads up.

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LeonDude

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Here’s a head – up to owners of the new shape KLR650

Shark_ZA taught me to route a spare clutch cable on my bike next to the existing cable. Now I have the old KLR and everything works fine, but not so on the new shape KLR. It turns out the front looks a bit different, and after making poor Cave Girl ride with a squeaky bike for mile upon mile with a front – end that just did not want to turn, I finally trace the fault to this – the spare clutch cable is taking up too much space just below the key lock – and catching the whole steering mechanism.

Some photos.

In the pictures, the spare clutch cable is the one with the end taped with red tape, and it is cable – tied onto the existing one.
 

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