My gears were hard to shift once being stuck in traffic to a point i felt it was dangerous.
I first changed the level and then the cable.
Upon research, it could be the clutch basket being teethed or friction plate being warped or blued.
Using a better grade oil helped but it affected my concentration and to a certain point dangerous.
After downloading the parts catalog, the two clutch plates were similar to a fz16 which is a common motorcycle in singapore. It contains 6 clutch plates. Two of which are different. EBC replacement part is ck1217 which is the same as a cbx250. However, cbx 250 have 5 plates instead of six. This is rather confusing.
At the shop, he managed to dig up a used clutch plate. He insisted only the clutch plates had to be replaced and not anything else.
The clutch plate was all burned up and bone dry despite the oil being at the right level.
Clutch basket was a little teethed but he said it was ok. Friction disc were fine. The clutch cover was scuffed and he had to smoothen it out. He said it was because of clutch slip.
Bike is much better now but upon a long idle or slow moving traffic, i could feel a hint of difference in changing gears.
If need be, i would rebuild the entire clutch in the future.
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