I was at Puke on Saturday for the testing day, it took me about 4 hours to get the engine started as it flooded and it has dwaf 13m plugs, so I had to find a plug socket small enough to remove the plugs so I could clean and dry them. Once that was done, the bike fired up but was idling around 7,000 rpm, some one suggested this may be caused by an air leak if I have not correctly installed the carbs or something, who knows, all I know is it was revving its tits off and the idle knob and throttle cable, nor the choke cable was at fault.
Anyway, I figure that I might be able to put it round the track even though its idling high, so I select a gear and it takes alot to slip the clutch t get drive and it isn't going very fast, i only get to use 1st gear. I stopped/stalled and then restarted, put it in gear and a lound clunking saw the end of any drive what so ever. With the engine running, I can select anygear but it won't engage, the gear shifter moves as it should but the engine doesn't stall as it should if I select a gear with no clutch. On the stand, the engine is running, select a gear and nothing. Although I had it on the stand at one point and I revved the engine close to the red line and the wheel started to spin, but not very fast. My first though was a destroyed gearbox, but after looking at the manual and having a think, I now wonder if its damaged the shift fork, drum or gear shift spindle.
Does anybody have any other thoughs?
I will also take the clutch out to see if that has been damaged, but there were no signs of clutch failure prior to the sweet sound of metal on metal.
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Originally Posted by Postie
, I too kinda have a curvy figure which makes it worse beacuse im a guy. Well the waist kinda goes in and the bum pushes out. When I was in college the girls in my year would slap me on the arse and squeeze because apparently it is firm, tight...
I wear jeans
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