Damn bikes

[Kram]

today has been one of my worst riding days in a long time.

1) ... couldn't start my bike i the morning, dead battery... 2 push starts later we make a move to winchester.

2) leave winchester oil light comes on 2 miles down the road... back to winchester for a litre of oil...

3) come of the motorway and try to slow down for the first roundabout.... wheres my clutch gone pull the lever... nothing happens.

had to crank it through the gears into first, then into neutral to push it to the side of the road.

the clutch is fully engaged... and i can't disengage it with the lever. However the cable is still attached, and when i pull the lever it is still springy (on the mechanism on the left hand side of the bike) but it doesn't disengage the clutch.


now my bike is 12 miles away and i'm stuck for transport till i can afford to get it fixed

anyone have any ideas on the problem?

i hate sundays sometimes.

Drummer
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FS1E -> SR125 -> CB400N -> CB650 -> FZR600 Genises -> VFR400 NC21 -> CBR900RR Fireblade -> Renault Clio 1.4

[stinkwheel]

I can't help thinking that points 2 and 3 are somehow related. The oil light on a 4-stroke bike is not there to tell you to put some oil in, it indicates that your bike has dangerously low oil pressure and you should stop NOW before you do any more damage.

I hope never to see the oil light on any of my bikes.
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“Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[Villers]

Shit mate thats well poor, can I please have MY luck back when your finished with it!

Cant help on the problem but it would have been possible to change gear clutchless and get as far as you can.

interested to know what the problem is though...

good luck mate
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RS125 > CBR6 > SV650S > ZX636R > GSX1300RZ Hayabusa > 06 RSVR Mille > SV1000S > Street Triple 765 RS

[TOM M]

when you get the bike back, you will probably find its somehthing very small and simple to fix.....
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Now owner of a 1200 Bandit

[pipnet11]

If its anything like mine, you will get back to the bike and it will work.
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I love the girls that do, I hate the girls that dont, I hate the girls who say they will and then they say they wont, but the girl I like most of all and I think youll say Im right, is the girl who says she never has but looks as though she might. - Max Bygraves

[tatters]

[stinkwheel]

[0ni]

[Kram]

it's a brand new clutch, plates/springs/cable. had it about 2 weeks. The oil switch is oil level (checked weekly) not pressure.

have to phone up insurance company and get the free breakdown cover... but the bike is alarmed 12 miles away and i have no way of getting there and have work at 4:30 this afternoon
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FS1E -> SR125 -> CB400N -> CB650 -> FZR600 Genises -> VFR400 NC21 -> CBR900RR Fireblade -> Renault Clio 1.4

[Kram]

got my bike back on the free breakdown cover (took an hour from phoning them to bike at my house). top company.

got the clutch cover of (chain side).... the adjuster underneath the rubber cover... the lock nut was rattling around in the casing, peice..


the adjuster had come loose... re-adjusted it... lock nutted it..

all is good.

just gotta buy a new back tyre/Reg-Rec, and battery now
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FS1E -> SR125 -> CB400N -> CB650 -> FZR600 Genises -> VFR400 NC21 -> CBR900RR Fireblade -> Renault Clio 1.4

[Kickstart]