| Author | Message | ||
     Roderick |
I searched the forum but could not find the answer, maybe I missed it somewhere... If my bike is on rear stand, first gear engage, and clutch lever pulled in, should the rear wheel be spinning ? Should I be able to freely spin the rear wheel any direction ? Similarly, if the bike is fully weight-on-wheels, in gear, and with the clutch lever pulled in, the bike is NOT creeping forward, but should I be able to 'walk' the bike backward with little or no resistance ? I guess what am asking is that in gear but clutch lever pulled in, should there be complete clutch disengagement ? Or is it normal to have some engagement ? Any info would be educational. Thnx. Roderick | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
There isn't really a complete disengagement but more like 95%-ish. The reason? the oil bath your clutch lives within. Even though there isn't any actual pressure on the plates, there are a lot of them with all of those surfaces adding up. More like surface tension holding them together at that point but there is a lot of mechanical advantage in first gear+final drive. Unrelated B.S.: My old KLR250 used to stick the clutch together after it was parked for a couple of weeks. Clutch springs would mash it together when it was just sitting there. It was bad enough to drag the bike and my butt back into the shed when clicked into 1st gear! One solution: tie up the clutch lever when parking it for a while. Second more lazy solution: Hold the brake and click it into second instead  | ||
| Upthemaiden |
From what I remember, pretty much all the bikes I've owned would spin the rear wheel slowly in that situation. You should still be able to push the bike backwards, but like Nate said, the oil in your clutch is just enough to spin the wheel when there's on resistance on it. | ||
| Oopezoo |
If my S1 sits for a few weeks, I can't move it at all unless its in neutral......even with the clutch lever pulled in. I'm guessing the clutch plates stick together. Its happened to me numerous times. Once I fire the bike up, everything is fine, and I can then easily roll it around in gear with the clutch pulled in until it ends up sitting for a few more weeks. First time it happened, I was pretty concerned about what was wrong. Now, its just "normal" (Message edited by OoPEZoO on June 24, 2016) | ||
| Kc_zombie |
Here you go...  |
