eosdelb
XS650 Enthusiast
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Hello again everyone,
I stopped at a cycle shop where a man who claimed to have a great deal of knowledge of xs650s watched me pull in. He said as I got off my bike. "I noticed your bike is still pulling after you pull in the clutch." I told him that it is hard to get into neutral but I didnt notice the pulling. He showed me pics of a xs650 that he built back in the 70's or 80's on torn out pages of an easy rider magazine. Im sure there was a bike there but that was the best lookin gal I have ever seen in an easyrider.
As I was getting ready to leave he said he would adjust the clutch for me. He ran the handle part all the way in and then he broke loose the locknutand set screw and ran the screw in til it touched and then backed it off an 1/8th of a turn. He tightened the locknut and went back to the handlebar and where he adjusted it back out.
Now my kick is locked up solid. you can pull in the clutch and it will go down but after it comes back up it is locked again. It will move a little a little ways but it is banging against something.
By the way at the handlebar the clutch cable is adjusted all the way out. I have a new old stock 8" over yamaha high bar cable.
Is it time for friction plates? I did ride the bike down there. It was working.
I stopped at a cycle shop where a man who claimed to have a great deal of knowledge of xs650s watched me pull in. He said as I got off my bike. "I noticed your bike is still pulling after you pull in the clutch." I told him that it is hard to get into neutral but I didnt notice the pulling. He showed me pics of a xs650 that he built back in the 70's or 80's on torn out pages of an easy rider magazine. Im sure there was a bike there but that was the best lookin gal I have ever seen in an easyrider.
As I was getting ready to leave he said he would adjust the clutch for me. He ran the handle part all the way in and then he broke loose the locknutand set screw and ran the screw in til it touched and then backed it off an 1/8th of a turn. He tightened the locknut and went back to the handlebar and where he adjusted it back out.
Now my kick is locked up solid. you can pull in the clutch and it will go down but after it comes back up it is locked again. It will move a little a little ways but it is banging against something.
By the way at the handlebar the clutch cable is adjusted all the way out. I have a new old stock 8" over yamaha high bar cable.
Is it time for friction plates? I did ride the bike down there. It was working.