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The other day I rode my bike to work and I had on a new pair of boots which is a half size bigger than what I wear in tennis shoes so I'm guessing they are longer. All right here is the prob. while coming to a stop I accidently hit the shifter and it killed the engine, that happened twice that day different times now my bike has a bad vibration at higher RPMs. I'm hoping it is a motor mount, or something simple and not a crank. If anyone has had any experience with either I'm all ears
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UMMMM so your not holding the clutch in at a stop ?
I ROLL TO a stop with clutch in, bike in gear..... always..... never in neutral at a stop .
you want to be ready to avoid the *** hat who is going to rear end you and never worry about hitting the shifter ....problem solved ..
well if you didn't twist the crank.
I ROLL TO a stop with clutch in, bike in gear..... always..... never in neutral at a stop .
you want to be ready to avoid the *** hat who is going to rear end you and never worry about hitting the shifter ....problem solved ..
well if you didn't twist the crank.
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I have avoided rear end collisions several times buy quickly driving out of there way at intersections ....????
I am glad that CRAP saved me .
I don't wait for a car to notify me there going to crash into me I scan my surroundings front and rear. Just simple defensive driving assume your invisible to any approaching cars if there not breaking get out of there way if possible . sometimes you go to shoulder or up on and island or on threw intersection .
can't imagine ever being in neutral at an intersection or what the point is ?
I never put my car or truck in neutral at an intersection just seems really weird any one would do that ????.
I am glad that CRAP saved me .
I don't wait for a car to notify me there going to crash into me I scan my surroundings front and rear. Just simple defensive driving assume your invisible to any approaching cars if there not breaking get out of there way if possible . sometimes you go to shoulder or up on and island or on threw intersection .
can't imagine ever being in neutral at an intersection or what the point is ?
I never put my car or truck in neutral at an intersection just seems really weird any one would do that ????.
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Neutral at a stop light/sign?
NO way. Is your wrist too weak or something? I mean of course you have to lean over to look at your cool *** self in the mirror, but dude, hold onto the clutch with the bike in gear. When you realize what we are telling you, it will be too late. And if you didn't have your face in your mirror to see how cool you look in the first place, you could use the mirror to watch traffic approaching from behind like you should be doing!
NO way. Is your wrist too weak or something? I mean of course you have to lean over to look at your cool *** self in the mirror, but dude, hold onto the clutch with the bike in gear. When you realize what we are telling you, it will be too late. And if you didn't have your face in your mirror to see how cool you look in the first place, you could use the mirror to watch traffic approaching from behind like you should be doing!
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I can only guess, but I would hope that the vibration is coming from some place other than the crank. People are so stuck on twisting the crank, they don't realize most of that was with the 5 piece cranks prior to the 3 piece cranks in the Twin Cams. That's my belief anyway. Yes, the TC cranks can get twisted. Hell, even solid crank shafts can get twisted. Just that the TC cranks are not as easily twisted as the older models, IMHO.
I can only guess, but I would hope that the vibration is coming from some place other than the crank. People are so stuck on twisting the crank, they don't realize most of that was with the 5 piece cranks prior to the 3 piece cranks in the Twin Cams. That's my belief anyway. Yes, the TC cranks can get twisted. Hell, even solid crank shafts can get twisted. Just that the TC cranks are not as easily twisted as the older models, IMHO.
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UMMM he won't be knocking it into gear accidently at an intersection if it's already in gear and clutch in ... solves half his problem ... the vibration is the secondhalf .
I am not trying to be disrespectful SIXgun just thinking you could avoid this again and drive safer buy not rolling to a stop in neutral . but please make your own choices .
I am not trying to be disrespectful SIXgun just thinking you could avoid this again and drive safer buy not rolling to a stop in neutral . but please make your own choices .
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If you were coming to a stop you shouldn't have been moving that fast and unless you were really reving up the engine when it happened there should be now reason for the crank to be twisted. It would be no more stress than it would get buy bump starting the bike on a hill.