mercanie77
XS650 Member
Hello! First time poster here in need of some help.
1983 Yamaha XS650
Bike was running fine until this morning when I tried from neutral to put into gear the bike stalls and jerks forward. I tried another posters advice where they said to "Put the front wheel against an immoveable object, your house, a tree, whatever, start the bike and hold it in neutral at about 1500 rpm. Get a handful of front brake and drop it into 1st gear." The bike went into 1st without dying but idled really low.. eventually dying. I tried normally again without giving gas and the bike stalls and jerks forward.
~extra information after the bike stalls pulling in the clutch and trying to roll it is difficult and doesn't roll smoothly.
Any advice or tips would be appreciated, Thank you.
1983 Yamaha XS650
Bike was running fine until this morning when I tried from neutral to put into gear the bike stalls and jerks forward. I tried another posters advice where they said to "Put the front wheel against an immoveable object, your house, a tree, whatever, start the bike and hold it in neutral at about 1500 rpm. Get a handful of front brake and drop it into 1st gear." The bike went into 1st without dying but idled really low.. eventually dying. I tried normally again without giving gas and the bike stalls and jerks forward.
~extra information after the bike stalls pulling in the clutch and trying to roll it is difficult and doesn't roll smoothly.
Any advice or tips would be appreciated, Thank you.