New Bike Clutch Issue
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From: Napa, CA
All resolved. Ended up sitting on both brakes, clutch in and fired it. After starting it was really fighting to move with the clutch fully pulled in. Had to use heavy front break and it was fuly engaged as soon as the lever was off the grip.
Drove it to the dealer, after initial warm up and repeated clutch working it got a ton better on the way. Still a slight pull with the clutch in but you could fight it with your legs, no backing it up in gear though.
They did a quick clutch adjustment and they think it was a combo cable adjustment needed and just not wanting to release dead cold. Told me next time to just fire in neutral and load up the front break when I shift it into first.
That crap scared me, way to much play out of nowhere. Wonder if the fact I've been starting in first has anything to do with it, behavior corrected.
Drove it to the dealer, after initial warm up and repeated clutch working it got a ton better on the way. Still a slight pull with the clutch in but you could fight it with your legs, no backing it up in gear though.
They did a quick clutch adjustment and they think it was a combo cable adjustment needed and just not wanting to release dead cold. Told me next time to just fire in neutral and load up the front break when I shift it into first.
That crap scared me, way to much play out of nowhere. Wonder if the fact I've been starting in first has anything to do with it, behavior corrected.
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Glad its resolved.. I never start my bike in gear.. all it takes is one time to have a "wild hogs" moment (think anything william H. Macy did in the movie lol) to end up bolting across a road or parking lot if something should go amiss...
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All resolved. Ended up sitting on both brakes, clutch in and fired it. After starting it was really fighting to move with the clutch fully pulled in. Had to use heavy front break and it was fuly engaged as soon as the lever was off the grip.
Drove it to the dealer, after initial warm up and repeated clutch working it got a ton better on the way. Still a slight pull with the clutch in but you could fight it with your legs, no backing it up in gear though.
They did a quick clutch adjustment and they think it was a combo cable adjustment needed and just not wanting to release dead cold. Told me next time to just fire in neutral and load up the front break when I shift it into first.
That crap scared me, way to much play out of nowhere. Wonder if the fact I've been starting in first has anything to do with it, behavior corrected.
Drove it to the dealer, after initial warm up and repeated clutch working it got a ton better on the way. Still a slight pull with the clutch in but you could fight it with your legs, no backing it up in gear though.
They did a quick clutch adjustment and they think it was a combo cable adjustment needed and just not wanting to release dead cold. Told me next time to just fire in neutral and load up the front break when I shift it into first.
That crap scared me, way to much play out of nowhere. Wonder if the fact I've been starting in first has anything to do with it, behavior corrected.
Personally I would not have ridden the bike with the clutch working in that manner. I would have just sat down for a few minutes and adjusted it myself but that's me. I suspect by the fact that you thought starting your bike in gear was a good idea you probably lack the knowledge to do that simple maintenance yourself.
Ride safe.
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From: Ogden, UT
Being a new cable , all cables stretch a bit as they break in, perfectly normal. Sounds like it was just barely at the right adjustment and the little bit of cable stretch made it too far out.
This is why you carry a small toolkit. Simple fix.
This is why you carry a small toolkit. Simple fix.
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