Hi all - first post - just thought I would share my experience with this (grabby) clutch & other issues. Sorry I have a bit to say.
I don't doubt that Graves have a good permanent solution for this problem particularly for those who are really hard on the clutch but this is what i have found so far having only done 1,500 km (about 1,000 Mi) on my 09 R1.
During the break in period I experienced the CCT clatter twice, alarmed at the time, but new motors and everything, thought it would improve over time after it got a bit of stick. Also during that break in period clutch was fine with maybe a little slip here and there but nothing to be concerned about and definitely no grabbing, so again thought no problem just ride it and bed in everything. Yamaha tick was present and I even remarked on the test ride, damn thats a lot of valve noise - this is my first yamaha since I bought an XJ900 new in 1984 - so that shows my age (or experience) - but that old 900 was the same and memories came flooding back (both good & bad). Last point, this is the first Jap bike I have had that did not like starting from cold - always needing a second jab of the starter and then it would fire up straight away.
So took the R1 in for its first service (to maintain the warranty), and I have to say I have never had any trust in any workshop mechanic especially with my bikes, since their mistakes can be a bit more critical than with a tin box, and I know that I have had parts swapped before and even witnessed a shop doing a parts swap on a harley after they broke a drive pulley changing a tyre (tire).
This one didn't start out good either, in response to the difficulty starting, the service guy said - "are you holding the starter button on" & "are you waiting for the diag to run before pressing the starter".
Anyway, so got the bike back with them reporting that they replaced the oil with Motul 15W-50 fully syn. That surprised me as I have never seen a workshop use top grade oil for servicing and being a yamaha workshop expected they would stick with yamalube 10-40.
I tend not to get too hung up on oil. So rode away and all seemed good except the yamaha tick was so loud it was embarassing. The next day - cold start improved, started straight up. Noticed a bit of clutch grab in the driveway, then I have two hill starts leaving home - holy crap what a nightmare and trying to slip the clutch gave worse results.
So I lived with this cold start grabby clutch for 3 weeks (500Km) stalling twice in front of pissed off car drivers and read a heap of your posts and came to the logical conclusion that it had to be an oil related issue - either wrong oil or not enough oil getting to the clutch. I also read an oil review which showed that Motul 300V (if that is what was put in the R1), is one of the few bike oils which uses molybdenum as a friction modifier.
http://www.sportrider.com/tech/146_0310_oil/index.html
So I drained the bike (noticed it was overfilled by about 500ml) oil looked like new so reserved it to use in the Busa (my other bike). Added Castrol R4 5W-40 (called Power 1 Racing here in Oz). Filled to mid point since I have experienced bad tarnish deposits on a car after it was overfilled. Also checked clutch lever free play and it was right on minimum, so I adjusted it to maximum (1.5cm).
First test ride and clutch felt better but still grabbed twice. On the third cold morning ride it was amazing - hill start with no clutch grab/slip. The bonus in this is that the yamaha tick is also almost non existent - its still there but not too bad. And a side note is that since the first service I have never experienced the CCT noise - but it is early days.
So the bottom line is that IMO the oil lines/valving whatever result in this bike being very sensitive to oil viscosity (and maybe friction modifiers), so if you are having this problem the first and cheapest test is to swap out your oil with something a bit lighter (within factory spec) and see if the problem is resolved. Also make sure your clutch lever has the correct free play (1.0-1.5cm measured at the lever end).