davem222
davem222
Hey guys,
First off, I hope everyone and their families are doing ok during these insane times. It's been a while. Long story short, I had my first child 5 years ago and have had my hands FULL for the past several years. So my xs has been sitting. I went through all of the "bring your bike back from the dead" checklists on this forum and brought it back! I'm happy to say that she purrs like a kitten thanks to all of your wisdom. Well, she purrs like a kitten when in idle. But I can't seem to get the clutch set right. This is when I thought "maybe I'm just a dope". The jury is still out. I was hoping to expand my jury pool to include the sages on here. Here's the issue: I set the screw at the engine, back it out 1/8 of a turn or 1/4 of a turn, doesn't matter, either way I have the same problem. I get it in 1st, give it a little gas, and it runs fine when I'm slipping the clutch, but as I let out the clutch fully, it stalls with a loud "THWACK!". Bear in mind, that I'm JUST doing this at VERY slow speeds in my underground parking garage in my building complex. So I'm not getting it above 5 mph max. (the reason for this is that I haven't re-upped my 5 year old registration yet so my tags are old....that's gonna be "fun")
So here's the real question: Do I have a clutch problem or am I just a dope who is stalling his engine out by not giving enough gas?
I was running the 650central easy pull cable (which made it hard to upgrade my perch and lever as the internal cable is thicker than most can accomodate) so I got a motion pro one, lubed it and swapped it out, no difference. I also am running a on piece clutch rod that I put in years ago.
Any opinions as to the state of my cognitive abilities? Any advice, well or ill, would be greatly appreciated. And again, I hope you're all well. As someone who grew up never being taught how to fix anything, all of your writings have helped me tremendously over the years.
First off, I hope everyone and their families are doing ok during these insane times. It's been a while. Long story short, I had my first child 5 years ago and have had my hands FULL for the past several years. So my xs has been sitting. I went through all of the "bring your bike back from the dead" checklists on this forum and brought it back! I'm happy to say that she purrs like a kitten thanks to all of your wisdom. Well, she purrs like a kitten when in idle. But I can't seem to get the clutch set right. This is when I thought "maybe I'm just a dope". The jury is still out. I was hoping to expand my jury pool to include the sages on here. Here's the issue: I set the screw at the engine, back it out 1/8 of a turn or 1/4 of a turn, doesn't matter, either way I have the same problem. I get it in 1st, give it a little gas, and it runs fine when I'm slipping the clutch, but as I let out the clutch fully, it stalls with a loud "THWACK!". Bear in mind, that I'm JUST doing this at VERY slow speeds in my underground parking garage in my building complex. So I'm not getting it above 5 mph max. (the reason for this is that I haven't re-upped my 5 year old registration yet so my tags are old....that's gonna be "fun")
So here's the real question: Do I have a clutch problem or am I just a dope who is stalling his engine out by not giving enough gas?
I was running the 650central easy pull cable (which made it hard to upgrade my perch and lever as the internal cable is thicker than most can accomodate) so I got a motion pro one, lubed it and swapped it out, no difference. I also am running a on piece clutch rod that I put in years ago.
Any opinions as to the state of my cognitive abilities? Any advice, well or ill, would be greatly appreciated. And again, I hope you're all well. As someone who grew up never being taught how to fix anything, all of your writings have helped me tremendously over the years.