The clutch free play is ok, in fact i just recently oiled the cable, so it's nice and smooth. I'll hang on to the break-in idea, but if it doesn't get better soon i'll just take a look at the disks, maybe they aren't properly assembled. I remember my old XT 600 had a similar problem and it went away after i changed the disks. Anyway, here in our local '66 forum this noise is not a rare thing. Oh and I'm sorry, Tacomodo !