madeindetroit
XS650 Addict
Ok been building my bike for a while now. Just got it off the bench.
Ive had it running a bunch of times on the bench and once I got it off the bench.
Engine runs and everything is fine.
So I am all excited to give it a rip down the road....
I fire it up, hold in clutch, put in first, Boom it stalls @#$%!
So I mess with the worm gear and my adjustments and I cant seem to get the clutch to work.
I read on here that the clutch disks can stick, so I am like well it sat for about a year without clutch action so it must be that.
I pull in clutch and can hear it clicking or moving inside the engine (while off).
I rock the bike a bunch of times trying to unstick it.... nothing.
So I let it sit overnight with the clutch lever pulled hoping some oil would get in there and loosen the disks up.
I get home today and test it agian, nothing , while in gear I can hear the motor compress and move.
So i am like ok ill put it on jacks and start it in neutral and let it warm up and spin the rear tire.
I go to kick it and in neutral the kick start just spins now!! WTF!! I disconnect clutch cable and it still spins. WTF! I put it in gear and move kick start and it moves bike WTF
So confused now on what is going on. How can neutral not engage clutch but in gear its locked?
Sorry for the book trying to paint a picture.
Any ideas?
I feel that my clutch is disengaged somehow. thus allowing neutral to spin but why is it spinning in gear?
Ive had it running a bunch of times on the bench and once I got it off the bench.
Engine runs and everything is fine.
So I am all excited to give it a rip down the road....
I fire it up, hold in clutch, put in first, Boom it stalls @#$%!
So I mess with the worm gear and my adjustments and I cant seem to get the clutch to work.
I read on here that the clutch disks can stick, so I am like well it sat for about a year without clutch action so it must be that.
I pull in clutch and can hear it clicking or moving inside the engine (while off).
I rock the bike a bunch of times trying to unstick it.... nothing.
So I let it sit overnight with the clutch lever pulled hoping some oil would get in there and loosen the disks up.
I get home today and test it agian, nothing , while in gear I can hear the motor compress and move.
So i am like ok ill put it on jacks and start it in neutral and let it warm up and spin the rear tire.
I go to kick it and in neutral the kick start just spins now!! WTF!! I disconnect clutch cable and it still spins. WTF! I put it in gear and move kick start and it moves bike WTF
So confused now on what is going on. How can neutral not engage clutch but in gear its locked?
Sorry for the book trying to paint a picture.
Any ideas?
I feel that my clutch is disengaged somehow. thus allowing neutral to spin but why is it spinning in gear?