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Hi Jamie,
I can't seem to find a Yam dealer in Ankara, best is to ask a local to look it up in the phonebook or get in contact with a turkish bike club (there are quit a lot).
As for the clutch, the tenere is legendary heat resistant (I speak from experience) and probably the clutch is allright. It's strange the cable freeplay was out (suggesting a swelling of the clutchplates, if that is even possible?!?), so If I understand correctly, you got the bite back by LOOSENING the cable? That seems very unlogical. If you want to check the clutch visually, it's not very hard to do, a competent mechanic (any bike mechanic) could do this in 15-30 min, just take care with the gasket (when carefull, you could use it again).
I suspect the cable has something to do with it, so be sure that it is correctly adjusted and see if the problem re-occurs.
I used to have the same problem with my Africa Twin, in heavy traffic it overheated, so that even with clutch engaged it krept forward at trafficlights, never found the cause, although I took it appart 3 times.Ended up just avoiding heavy city traffic.
BTW are you driving on motorcycle oil? I'm asking this because in Africa I drove on car oil, which was no problem but can eventually cause clutch problems
and finally, can we follow you on your progress online? (blog)
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