Hydraulic clutch question

[Slinn84]

I've recently bought a Kawasaki ZZR1200, and I seem to be having a bit of trouble with the hydraulic clutch.

Setting off on a morning its fine, with the biting point being roughly 1 and half inch from the grip. But after working my way through heavy traffic (and the bike warming up a bit) I keep noticing that the biting point changes and I need to let the lever further out from the grip before the clutch engages. As a result the feeling is pretty similar to that of trying to set off in 3rd gear, very little power and I need to keep the revs high to avoid the bike stalling.

Does anybody else have this problem with hydraulic clutches or is there a problem elsewhere.

This particular bike has no Haynes manual and the owners manual and service manual are very unhelpful for troubleshooting problems like this.

Any help is appreciated
Cheers

[virus]

Bleed through new fluid until its all new.

It needs bleeding, and I bet the fluid in there is ancient.


Cheers
John
____________________
own: 81 xs1100g...
owned: 85 rat CG (sold), 91 GS500e (stolen), 84 gsx400f (scrapped), 81 z250 (siezed, siezed, scrapped), 83 cb250rs (sold), 84 gpz750r ratfighter (killed) 84gpz400 (sold), '80 cb650 ratfighter (wrote off) 95gsx6/12f ratfighter (killed) 91 xj900 (sold)
stinkwheel Well I just had my hands up a pigs fanny. Which makes your concerns pale into insignificance.

[Slinn84]

Cheers Virus, I'll give that a go.