Well, it’s not that they don’t want to deal with kawi, it’s that they’re almost positive kawi’s gonna deny the warranty claim for that reason, and that I’ll have to fight with em then to get them to cover it. They’re gonna have to deal with kawi in the beginning after they take the clutch apart and find out wtf happened.
As for the “hard to kill a clutch in 1300 miles” statement, I’d agree but that line of reasoning didn’t fly with the dealer or kawi.. they both said something to the effect that you can burn a brand new clutch out in 10 mins if you’re using it wrong. I don’t even know if it’s the clutch either, since my experience with clutches says when they’re burnt out, they slip like hell and you can’t get the car/bike to go anywhere. My clutch isn’t slipping at all in neutral, it just acts like I’m in sixth gear and I can get the bike to go as I said.
When the shit hit the fan, I was in neutral coasting, there was this loud CLICK that sounded like something gave way, and then my back tire locked, as I said. Is that a normal way for a clutch to burn out? I think maybe something shattered inside the gearbox or clutch assembly. I guess I’ll find out on mon or tues when they pick it up. Just took off my ZG windshield tonight and put the stock one back on, don’t want to give em any excuses to say I voided the warranty :p