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    Missing clutch!

    Just took my Daughter out for her third lesson on one of our local car parks.
    We bought a little DR 200 Suzuki for her to learn on and it has been well behaved untill today.
    I usually ride it to the car park and she follows in her car,but today she rode pillion and took over when we got there.
    The bike performed well and gave no warning of what was to come...

    Got back home and parked up,had a coffee and then went out a couple of hours later to do the car/Bikes shuffle to get everything back in the garage and the DR cuts out as soon as you engage first gear,the motor starts but as soon as you click down the gear shift it stalls !!!!
    There is plenty of resistance on the clutch lever and I can see the the buisness end of the cable on top of the crank case pulling the lever over but it is obviously not disconecting the drive...

    Anyone know where to start the autopsy !!!!
    My carbon footprint stretches to the horizon....but I'm not a bad person....

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    Some bike have a switch on the side stand which kills the engine this if it is in gear and the stand is down ?

    was the stand down?

    I'd had the same problem before......
    Eagals may soar but weasals dont get sucked into jet engines

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    Try to

    Put her in gear w/o starting the motor. Check that she is in gear by trying to roll forward. If this is not easily possible then U are in gear. Now pull in the clutch. Can you move her around? If the answer is yes, then the clutch is working and your problem is somewhere else.

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    Clutch Problem Solved

    Thanks dude, I feel so bloody stupid,I aint used to all this technology.
    None of the bikes I have ever owned has had a cut out switch on the side stand.
    Been riding for 40 years too !!!!
    My carbon footprint stretches to the horizon....but I'm not a bad person....

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    You were right on the button Dude,I love this forum,every one is so helpfull !!
    My carbon footprint stretches to the horizon....but I'm not a bad person....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rincewind View Post
    You were right on the button Dude,I love this forum,every one is so helpfull !!
    Glad your not having the clutch apart
    Eagals may soar but weasals dont get sucked into jet engines

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