Hamilton Wednesday night ride

**Waylander** · 17th May 2007, 23:19

Originally Posted by Warr

Where are the pic's of broken and stressed engine internals ??

Nothing is really broken or stressed just the Starter clutch is not working properly. Doing the same thing my Virago was doing when I first came to NZ, it's spinning freely in both directions instead of just the one and locking the other.

**Warr** · 17th May 2007, 23:21

Originally Posted by Waylander

Nothing is really broken or stressed just the Starter clutch is not working properly. Doing the same thing my Virago was doing when I first came to NZ, it's spinning freely in both directions instead of just the one and locking the other.

Run a lighter oil.... VERY important.

And whats wrong with bump starting a VMax now and again

**smoky** · 17th May 2007, 23:22

Originally Posted by Waylander

Makes the motor a stressed part of the frame or something like that.

Makes it more rigid and helps keep the frame from flexing too much... should eliminate that wobble when cornering at decent speeds.

Why don’t you just buy a bike that don’t flex man! – sorry, just joking, could'nt help myself.
Vmax to the max man. I almost bought one, but chickened out.
Chassis flex – real bummer,

**Waylander** · 17th May 2007, 23:24

Why is that?

I've been running the yamaha recomended oil so far.

Originally Posted by smoky

Why don’t you just buy a bike that don’t flex man! – sorry, just joking, could'nt help myself.
Vmax to the max man. I almost bought one, but chickened out.
Chassis flex – real bummer,

lol if I did that I would have nothing to make me original and stand out in a crowed.

**Warr** · 17th May 2007, 23:27

Originally Posted by Waylander

Why is that?

I've been running the yamaha recomended oil so far.

Viscosity... How hard is it to get to the clutch?? Spray some wd40 into it. Drain all the oil to the engine. Put it all back together and use oil with the first set of numbers no higher than 10W

**Waylander** · 17th May 2007, 23:36

Originally Posted by Warr

Viscosity... How hard is it to get to the clutch?? Spray some wd40 into it. Drain all the oil to the engine. Put it all back together and use oil with the first set of numbers no higher than 10W

It's not the clutch it's the starter clutch. It connects the starter to the crank nd basically it spins just as fast as the starter when the button is pushed but then spins freely back the other way once the bike is started to keep from damaging the idler gears and the starter.

It's right behind my flywheel wich is why I've been having so much trouble getting to it. The bolt holding the fly wheel on is tighter than a fish's twat.

**Warr** · 17th May 2007, 23:41

Originally Posted by Waylander

It's not the clutch it's the starter clutch. It connects the starter to the crank nd basically it spins just as fast as the starter when the button is pushed but then spins freely back the other way once the bike is started to keep from damaging the idler gears and the starter.

It's right behind my flywheel wich is why I've been having so much trouble getting to it. The bolt holding the fly wheel on is tighter than a fish's twat.

Yes .... I'm with you all the way.. Starter clutch. Had simmilar troubles with my XJ. Would have had to split the cases to get to it. Asked question on the XJ-Forum and was told 'oil too thick'

**Waylander** · 17th May 2007, 23:42

ah ok. Hvn't heard anything like tht from the VMax forum though. From what they tell me it's fairly normal for one as old as mine.

**carver** · 18th May 2007, 21:07

Originally Posted by Waylander

It's not the clutch it's the starter clutch. It connects the starter to the crank nd basically it spins just as fast as the starter when the button is pushed but then spins freely back the other way once the bike is started to keep from damaging the idler gears and the starter.

It's right behind my flywheel wich is why I've been having so much trouble getting to it. The bolt holding the fly wheel on is tighter than a fish's twat.

bloody yamaha's

**Bnonn** · 18th May 2007, 21:51

Yamahas are great.

**Warr** · 22nd May 2007, 22:57

Not around tomorrow, out of town

**Sidewinder** · 23rd May 2007, 07:19

Originally Posted by carver

bloody yamaha's

maybe but gheylander used his mind and got a veemax and not a fzr400

**Waylander** · 23rd May 2007, 17:39

Originally Posted by Warr

Not around tomorrow, out of town

Being all of an hour away in my town and all lol.

**Antipigs** · 27th May 2007, 21:02

hey im recently new to this site.. so do you people still go out for the wednesday nigt rides in h-twn at the moment??? id b pretty keen on coming along for a ride in the dark if other people are up to it???

**Warr** · 27th May 2007, 21:10

Originally Posted by Antipigs

hey im recently new to this site.. so do you people still go out for the wednesday nigt rides in h-twn at the moment??? id b pretty keen on coming along for a ride in the dark if other people are up to it???

Hi there Anti. Welcome to the site.
Yes there is still a Wed night ride. Meet at Caltex Whatawhata road 5.30pm