Ok, finally progress on the clutch. At least some.
New set of plates arrived about 5:15. Stopped what I was doing and changed in to some junk clothes to R&R the mess one more time. The pic below will show the "old" four pad plate versus the "new improved" 20 pad plate.
The difference in pads won't have any difference in the lockup I had (at least none I can think of). So they replaced them just because the synthetic oil saturation in the original set was terminal. Guess gaining all the extra leading edges for grip is a positive byproduct of nearly driving one bike through the other and on toward the garage wall.
No more lockup. It works now. Hallelujah and pass donuts.
Not totally right though. Still not getting full release.
Pull the clutch lever in and the bike wants to walk. Not hard. But it wants to. Can't hold it without a tiny bit of brake.
Was initially running it this time with the primary cover still off. Just in case. So was easy enough to troubleshoot further. Spec on these is .080 travel for the pressure plate. I'm getting .065-ish.
It's well bled so that's not it. It's those SAC grips that I love so much. The clutch spoon is coming back against that big fat comfortable grip and bottoming out. There's more clutch travel to be had there with a smaller OD grip.
The walk is slight enough I'm going to ride it a bit the way it is. Work off any high spots. Be sure and stop at lights or signs in neutral. Just be careful with it for a bit and hope to get lucky even though I know it won't get better. The ISO grips, as big as they are, are smaller OD than the SACs. So will put them back on to make it better. At least it's rideable again.