Enging or clutch failure?

ultram4 · L Plate Warrior Joined: 16 Jul 2015 Karma :

Hello all!

I´m kind of panicking right now...so here´s the storie - I bought a moped for my son on his birthday, and yesterday I rode my Suzukin vx800 side to side with my son on his moped to teach and show him how to act in traffic and such, we were riding for about 2-3 hours in a speed around 20-25km/h (12-15 miles/Hour).

It was hot yesterday and the cooling fan did work hard at times, but all in all it was a great day, the bike performed exellent.

Today I my vx800 didn't want to start at first, I tried to choke it but it made it worse, when it finally did start I couldn't rev it cause it died immediately.
I noticed yesterday that it was low on oil, hitting the low bar, so I drove down to the gas station to get some, but on the way over it behaved very poor. When in first gear it started fine as usual but when I tried to accelerate it did so very very slowly even though the engine rev'ed as expected... At the gas station I bought the oil, but when I was about to pour it in I noticed there was no oil at all visible in the inspection window...

The engine sounds ok to my ears, but then again I'm no mechanic and I haven't owned a bike in 20 years!

Have I damaged the engine?
Could this be a clutch problem?
What do you guys think?
What do I need to do to fix this?

Ofc me and my girlfriend is going on a bike holiday to Berlin-Prague-Amsterdam in about two weeks!

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MarJay · But it's British! Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Karma :

When the engine has been run there might not be any oil showing in the inspection window. Are you sure you were low on oil? I can't see how it could be a clutch problem if the engine was running roughly.
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ultram4 · L Plate Warrior Joined: 16 Jul 2015 Karma :

ultram4 · L Plate Warrior Joined: 16 Jul 2015 Karma :

ultram4 · L Plate Warrior Joined: 16 Jul 2015 Karma :

This morning I took the bike to the local motorcycle mechanic, he listened to the engine for 30 seconds rev'ed it a couple of times and said: -"wet spark plugs".

After a change it is now running just as it should again! Very Happy

I think I almost kissed him, but I'm pretty sure I didn't since I'm still able to type and I am breathing...

The whole thing only cost me 10 euro.

Today is a good day! Wink

Oh, and thxs for helping!