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loopie2 · #1 Post by **loopie2** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 8:05 am

Hi all, I purchased my falco on Saturday and have racked up 300+ miles and hav'nt stopped grinning since.

. The bike feels as light as a feather after my HD sporster, and the sound of the MTC cans comes close to that of the Vance & Hines stubbies.
I found the ridersite.com very useful in sourcing info on the falco and hope to be able to add to future threads.
I have read that the neutral can be evasive when cold but to be honest I found it near impossible to find when stationary be it cold or hot, will the £10 clutch jet change solve this issue, or should I be looking at something else?

Samray · #2 Post by **Samray** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 8:09 am

Welcome loopie.

D-Rider · #3 Post by **D-Rider** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 8:17 am

loopie2 wrote:Hi all, I purchased my falco on Saturday and have racked up 300+ miles and hav'nt stopped grinning since. . The bike feels as light as a feather after my HD sporster,

Ah! we've saved one ! Hallelujah!!

Welcome to the forum

The clutch jet will make a real difference as long as you have no other issues compounding the problem (such as air in the clutch fluid and it needing bleeding).

In the meantime, develop the habit of clicking down in to neutral from second before you come to rest - I think most of us developed this habit long before we heard of the clutch jet solution.

Anyway, glad you're enjoying the Falco

Aladinsaneuk · #4 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 8:23 am

as he said

i would reverse bleed the clutch as per kzmille's guide - think you will find it stickied in the aprilia technical section here

and yes, i would invest the 10 quid in the clutch jet... may want to get one from griff before you bleed btw!

http://www.apriliaperformance.co.uk/ to contact griff - lovely chap :)

oh - btw - bum in bar please for some ales, and how good is your credit rating??

loopie2 · #5 Post by **loopie2** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 8:28 am

D-Rider wrote:
In the meantime, develop the habit of clicking down in to neutral from second before you come to rest - I think most of us developed this habit long before we heard of the clutch jet solution.

Anyway, glad you're enjoying the Falco

Took me awhile but thats exactly what I've started to do, cruise to a stop in neutral. I think for £10+ I will change the jet and see how it goes, any recommendations to who's best to buy it from?

lol about being saved from HD, I was sucker punched by my wife coming home with one, the sound and sparkly bits were just to much, lol, but i've come through the other side and ready to get back to reality

loopie2 · #6 Post by **loopie2** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 8:39 am

Aladinsaneuk wrote:as he said

i would reverse bleed the clutch as per kzmille's guide - think you will find it stickied in the aprilia technical section here

and yes, i would invest the 10 quid in the clutch jet... may want to get one from griff before you bleed btw!

http://www.apriliaperformance.co.uk/ to contact griff - lovely chap :)

oh - btw - bum in bar please for some ales, and how good is your credit rating??

Thanks for the guide and the contact, thats my weekend sorted, what you drinkin?

joecrx · #7 Post by **joecrx** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 8:49 am

hi welcome in ,

Falcopops · #8 Post by **Falcopops** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 10:10 am

and

loopie2 · #9 Post by **loopie2** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 10:32 am

ordered the modified jet from Griff and got to agree he was very helpful, found the write up for bleeding the hydraulics so need to get tubing, syringe, fluids plus a paddock stand, I wonder if I will ever just buy a bike and not have to get the spanners out for the first 12 months, maybe if my numbers come up

, off to find a write up changing the jet

D-Rider · #10 Post by **D-Rider** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 10:44 am

LOL - you've bought a Falco ..... spanner twirling is an integral part of the fun.

It's not that they need more maintenance than other bikes but (as you may have noticed) we can't help ourselves when it comes to fettling, tweaking, modifying .......................

wayno · #11 Post by **wayno** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 10:49 am

I also picked up my new bike at the weekend, and found neutral very elusive indeed, I've already started going form second to neutrala s I found it impossible coming from first. I shall look into this jet business then, maybe it'll help.

loopie2 · #12 Post by **loopie2** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 10:58 am

wayno wrote:I also picked up my new bike at the weekend, and found neutral very elusive indeed, I've already started going form second to neutrala s I found it impossible coming from first. I shall look into this jet business then, maybe it'll help.

found this link, check it out
http://www.apriliaforum.com/forums/show ... clutch+jet

DavShill · #13 Post by **DavShill** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 11:26 am

Welcome loopie2. Enjoy

yellowasp · #14 Post by **yellowasp** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 7:15 pm

Mmm

Think I will be doing this mod this weekend.

Aladinsaneuk · #15 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 8:52 pm

i may well have some oxygen tubing and syringes travelling with me to newark.....

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