Another clutch slip thread

[normajeane]

Strange as it sounds ive heard of clutches playing up after exhaust bits fall off in the middle of nowhere,its a seperation yearning thing.

Oh yes but did you hear that the spot light disintergrates somewhere about the waitaki dam?? AND the left front fork seal is a leaky??

[98tls]

Oh yes but did you hear that the spot light disintergrates somewhere about the waitaki dam?? AND the left front fork seal is a leaky??

Yep heard that,as long as you can still wave dont be worried.

[normajeane]

I still have a few tassels so does that count as a wave??

[98tls]

I still have a few tassels so does that count as a wave??

Yep that will do.Have you heard from the masked one and the rest of the rabble?

[normajeane]

Not within the past few hours so methinks they are raving!!.

[98tls]

Not within the past few hours so methinks they are raving!!.

No doubt,still cant work out wht Mr sensible bothered with a costume,would have been fine as he is.Say gidday to them all if your talkin.

[The Lone Rider]

May pay to have a look then,would say there fucked,there very very easy to replace.

will still take it to a shop. might be pretty easy but without actually knowing what I'm doing for sure, I rather not make it worse.

[The Lone Rider]

Done a few adjustments and will mention here and see what people think.

First thing - lubed chain. No more of the same click/clunk when wheeling the bike backwards

Second thing - adjusted the clutch on the lever (rather than on side of the engine). Apparently this is the fine tuning adjustment (as per user manual seems to say)? Anyway took bike for a spin and seems much better. No slip but haven't taken it for more than 2 mins up and down the road.

Third thing - realigned the rear wheel (to the best of my ability). Chain running much smoother now, but maybe a bit noisy still?

Forth thing - cleaned off caked on blackened goodness off the sides of the chain using just a cloth. Then re-lubed.

[The Lone Rider]

Took it for a longer ride. Theres a lot of clattering happening - seems mainly to happen when I down shift. Not sure if it's the chain or something else.

[The Lone Rider]

Could be a well worn sprocket and slipping, although it does sound a bit more serious

Just a thought

I'm leaning towards this now. Clutch seems fine, and noise now seems coming from chain area.

And more to the point a guy at work who's been into bikes for longer than I've been born had a listen to my symptoms and said it was definitely the chain and sprockets. He then came out, looked, explained the problem.. and now I'm wiser for it.

So new chain and sprockets.. then see how I go.