Read somewhere on the forum that to somewhat eliminate the clunk when starting to leave the bike in 1st gear pull the clutch, sitting on the bike move it backwards about a foot then start it.

Should you still leave it in 1st or then shift it into neutral?

 

But first you have to circle the bike 3 times with the tire turned to the left......

Yes Im being an ***, but its just a machine. Pull in the clutch, slam it in gear with your heel and ride away.

 

You couldn't be more wrong about that. Slam it into gear with your toe.

 

never tired to move the bike, but I do pull in the clutch several time..

also I am thinking I read a while back, its not actually not the comp ??. The article I read said its the slack being taken out of the pri chain when you put it in gear that causes it...

 

Pulling the clutch a few times might loosen up the discs,so the torque doesn't transfer to the trans,but won't effect the compensator. Moving the bike back a mile won't effect the compensator either,but would loosen the discs,just like pulling the lever a few times.

 

Leave in in first, pull in the clutch and push it back and start it. It turns the drive disks against the driven disk and helps to unstick them by letting more oil between them. Does not need to be back, just easier that way. I do it that way all summer and when bike is still warm. Just pulling lever does not do that. Cold weather or if you have too heavy oil does not work very well. When it's cold, I start in neutral with clutch in and still pull back. However it takes at least 30-50 seconds while motor drops to 1000-1100 rpm to not get a bang. Be very carefully this way because sometime it works so well, it will click and not be in gear if all the spinning stops in there. Of course not by the book. Also, the bang hurts nothing. I just do not like hearing it.
see post 29 here
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/gener...l#post13411275

 

Pull in your clutch lever to unload the plates. Leave the bike in neutral. Go into your starting procedure. I don't like wearing out starters and starter drives any sooner than necessary. Why add the drag to the starter? Not rocket science. There are a lot of people who as a habit don't give a crap about things like that---their crap wears out a little sooner or breaks sooner. They usually just blame in on someone or something else.

 

I know after I installed my Bandit clutch that when I fire it up in neutral then shift it into first there is absolutely no clunk like before. When I had my stock clutch there was always a clunk shifting into first.

 

This is exactly what I do even after the bike is warmed up. Habit, I guess, after starting it when it's cold so many times. It's also a secondary safety step so it won't lurch forward accidentally.

 

I don't hear the clunk I'm looking at another popped primary belt , it's a harley they clunk.