End of start up first shift clunk !?
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From: Honah Lee
End of start up first shift clunk !?
END OF START UP FIRST SHIFT CLUNK !? - FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT !?
You read about all the different ways to end the clunk you get after your bike has sat awhile and you start it up and it clunks going in first. I ride year round so thick oil in transmission, thin in primary is not the answer for me and I keep my clutch adjusted with very little play. All the silly stuff about pulling the bike backwards and hold the clutch for 30 seconds and yada - yada - yada. Tried most of these things but had pretty much ignored the clunk since my 04 has 40K and shows no sign that it actually hurts it and I have had the clutch basket off.
However I have discovered what appears to work for me and its shift so quite most of the time I find it hard to believe it’s in first.
My way. Since my bike is FI and I have a tac, upon startup I just wait till it drops to 1000 rpm or so, pull in the clutch, blip the throttle ever so lightly (kicks up to 1200-1400rpm or so) and as it drops back to 1000rpm or so I shift with a good stab to first. I swear it does not even make a sound going in. I cannot believe this is not in manual.
You read about all the different ways to end the clunk you get after your bike has sat awhile and you start it up and it clunks going in first. I ride year round so thick oil in transmission, thin in primary is not the answer for me and I keep my clutch adjusted with very little play. All the silly stuff about pulling the bike backwards and hold the clutch for 30 seconds and yada - yada - yada. Tried most of these things but had pretty much ignored the clunk since my 04 has 40K and shows no sign that it actually hurts it and I have had the clutch basket off.
However I have discovered what appears to work for me and its shift so quite most of the time I find it hard to believe it’s in first.
My way. Since my bike is FI and I have a tac, upon startup I just wait till it drops to 1000 rpm or so, pull in the clutch, blip the throttle ever so lightly (kicks up to 1200-1400rpm or so) and as it drops back to 1000rpm or so I shift with a good stab to first. I swear it does not even make a sound going in. I cannot believe this is not in manual.
Last edited by Jackie Paper; Sep 16, 2010 at 09:20 PM.
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That happens to me on rare occasion, I'm always thinkin the dang thing is broke when it goes into gear silently.
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This seem to help too
This seemed to help for me too but when my bike clunks the most is when I leave work at 12AM and its been sitting all evening and its parked with the rear wheel on the curb. My method had been working for a week before I posted this yesterday and what would you know I started it up last night and after a couple minutes warm up I blipped the throttle and noticed it only went to about 1100 and stumbled a little so I blipped it again and got about 1300 and stabbed it in gear, %@?! CLUNK Someone out there let me know if this works for you. By the way everyone does know what yada yada yada mean? I did not mean it as any type of put down for all the methods that others have come up with.
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