Hi
Had a great trip out on the newly MOTd XS at the weekend until 3 miles from home and I heard a metallic sound on the road behind me and the next pull of the clutch gear lever showed whatever had fallen off had taken the clutch out. Some lucky breaks with the traffic got me about a mile up the road before I stalled it.
From there I mostly had to push it home. I had a running bike that I couldn't get into gear without stalling it. The part that made a break for freedom was the spring attached to the worm gear.
It got me thinking about what roadside fix could I have made that would have allowed me to limp back and whether there's a wealth on knowledge on here for roadside fixes that can get you home in a jam.
I'm off to order some clutch springs......
Had a great trip out on the newly MOTd XS at the weekend until 3 miles from home and I heard a metallic sound on the road behind me and the next pull of the clutch gear lever showed whatever had fallen off had taken the clutch out. Some lucky breaks with the traffic got me about a mile up the road before I stalled it.
From there I mostly had to push it home. I had a running bike that I couldn't get into gear without stalling it. The part that made a break for freedom was the spring attached to the worm gear.
It got me thinking about what roadside fix could I have made that would have allowed me to limp back and whether there's a wealth on knowledge on here for roadside fixes that can get you home in a jam.
I'm off to order some clutch springs......