broken clutch cable
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Cruiser
Joined: Feb 2014
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From: london,ont,canada
broken clutch cable
hey everyone, went out for a ride and only 10 miles from home the clutch cable broke. has anyone limbed there ride home with out a clutch cable and what is everyone using for road side assistance. also, i was lucky how and where it happened. i tried to kill the engine but it wouldn't shut down, it was quite the task to stop the bike especially 2 up. please give me some for site to what to do if this happens again. can't managing this happing coming up to a traffic light
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From: Boise, Idaho
I have HOG roadside assistance that I upgraded to the unlimited miles towing. Thankfully I have never had to use it. To avoid this problem I renewed my cable at the 40k miles mark. I didn't want to wait for it to fail. It's better that you pick the time and place to renew wear items than to let the machine pick.
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I had it happen once on my '81 FXS. Fortunately, traffic was very light. I shifted without clutch, got down to 1st gear well before stop lights, and approached slowly. Went through red lights turning right if necessary. Got to the expressway, and I was good until the exit, then 3 lights to home.
I don't understand why you couldn't kill your engine. Kill switch, ignition switch, or even brake to stop in gear, should turn it off.
I don't understand why you couldn't kill your engine. Kill switch, ignition switch, or even brake to stop in gear, should turn it off.
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I had it happen once on my '81 FXS. Fortunately, traffic was very light. I shifted without clutch, got down to 1st gear well before stop lights, and approached slowly. Went through red lights turning right if necessary. Got to the expressway, and I was good until the exit, then 3 lights to home.
I don't understand why you couldn't kill your engine. Kill switch, ignition switch, or even brake to stop in gear, should turn it off.
I don't understand why you couldn't kill your engine. Kill switch, ignition switch, or even brake to stop in gear, should turn it off.
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From: coastal sc
I have had it happen twice 1st time on sportster, in the yard. I got lucky. 2nd time lucky as well only 3 miles from home. It popped pulling into tavern parking lot, with sand and gravel. I hit kill switch and slid rear tire for a few feet. Waited till I was clear to leave parking lot cranked it in 1st and shifted with throttle, found neutral pulling into drive way and coasted to garage. 50,000 miles. using the throttle to take load off tranny makes it easier to find neutral.
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Exactly so, svarnster...more recently, I had the shift linkage come apart on my last Glide many miles ftom home, and I ended up hand shifting it like a jockey shift, but obviously I couldn't shift into and out of neutral at stops, so it was the same 'no stopping' at traffic lights. Fortunately I had all right turns all the way home!
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Exactly so, svarnster...more recently, I had the shift linkage come apart on my last Glide many miles ftom home, and I ended up hand shifting it like a jockey shift, but obviously I couldn't shift into and out of neutral at stops, so it was the same 'no stopping' at traffic lights. Fortunately I had all right turns all the way home!