Difficulty finding Neutral!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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#31 Post by flatlander » Fri Aug 26, 2011 10:53 pm

yes he did :smt001 10.57 I believe
For the avoidance of doubt and for the benefit of my wife, not everything I may say here will be absolutely true I may on ocassion embellish a little for effect.
That said when it comes to motorbikes, I like to ride side saddle with a nice frock
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#32 Post by mangocrazy » Sat Aug 27, 2011 11:44 am

Blackranger68 wrote:
D-Rider wrote:
mangocrazy wrote:
Blackranger68 wrote:I live in Norn Iron, a little place called Ballymena.
Home of Yer Maun himself, if I'm not mistaken. A great man and sorely missed.
I thought Joey was from Ballymoney
Yes he was from Ballymoney thats just 15miles from where I live.
OK, don't feel quite so foolish now. I got drunk in a bar with Joey in Portugal once. Next day he raced around the street circuit in Vila Real in the F1 race (and won it naturally), while I nursed an impressive hangover...
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#33 Post by Blackranger68 » Sun Aug 28, 2011 10:40 pm

yeah that sounds like Joey.

You wouldnt see the likes of Rossi, Stonner or Lorenzo going out on the piss the night before a big race......

if they did we might actually see some passing in moto gp
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#34 Post by Dalemac » Thu Jan 12, 2012 11:13 pm

I just tried this and failed miserably.

I swear i undid that screw, and all i got was a shit load of oil...

will try again tomorrow.....
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#35 Post by blinkey501 » Fri Jan 13, 2012 5:48 am

Dale if you cant change the jet pop over if you need a hand :smt002
Tolerance will be our undoing.
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#36 Post by D-Rider » Fri Jan 13, 2012 10:05 am

blinkey501 wrote:Dale if you cant change the jet pop over if you need a hand :smt002
Jay ..... I recognise all of those words ... but not necessarily in that order .....
:smt017
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#37 Post by Dalemac » Fri Jan 13, 2012 10:40 am

Definately undid the right screw. Maybe quite a bit of oil is supposed to come out?

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#38 Post by D-Rider » Fri Jan 13, 2012 10:57 am

Dalemac wrote:Definately undid the right screw. Maybe quite a bit of oil is supposed to come out?

Dale
Nah ... just a tiny little weep when I did mine.

(that's oil BTW - not me getting over emotional about it all)
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#39 Post by blinkey501 » Fri Jan 13, 2012 6:13 pm

D-Rider wrote:
blinkey501 wrote:Dale if you cant change the jet pop over if you need a hand :smt002
Jay ..... I recognise all of those words ... but not necessarily in that order .....
:smt017


yep i see what you mean :smt003
Yes.Dale if you are struggling you are quite welcome to come over to my house and i will help or change the jet for you...
The offer is there :smt002
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#40 Post by Dalemac » Fri Jan 13, 2012 7:47 pm

Ok, the clutch jet is changed. the 75 has been replaced by the 40, alongside the clutch cable (and therfore, fluid) and i also got rid of the bent purhrod for a straigh spare that i had lying around.

Start the bike up, let it warm up for a few minutes, pop it into first, cant get it out again. cut the engine, pop into neutral, and retry again from second gear, only to fail again.

Im positive the clutch line is free of air - i ran 3 full mastercylinder's work of brake flluid to ensure there was no air left in the line.

So, where do i go from here? the bike has always been running on 10w40 for as long as i have had it. Perhaps its time to get the clutch plates out? any good guides/info on how to do it and any will i need any unusual tools?

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#41 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:07 pm

Check the gear linkage


Let's face it, you wouldn't go to a nurse to get good advice on a problem with a Falco - you'd choose an Engineer or a mechanic...

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#42 Post by Dalemac » Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:11 pm

Aladinsaneuk wrote:Check the gear linkage
When i replaced the push rod on the gear linkage i cleaned, regreased and adjusted it to my liking. I can guarantee that it is not the gear linkage.
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#43 Post by D-Rider » Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:21 pm

If you really do need to look at the clutch itself, Ken's site is probably a good place to start:

http://home.comcast.net/~sl_mille/
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#44 Post by Dalemac » Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:38 pm

D-Rider wrote:If you really do need to look at the clutch itself, Ken's site is probably a good place to start:

http://home.comcast.net/~sl_mille/
Well, all the clutch related posts i have read about are all to do with clutch slippage. How much is removing the clutch going to help?

tomorrow i will be changing the coolant, plugs, cleaning the filter and looking at the custom evo airbox mod.

EDIT: just found a post about the grub screw being a possible cause? will have to look into that tomorrow....

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#45 Post by D-Rider » Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:58 pm

Dalemac wrote: Well, all the clutch related posts i have read about are all to do with clutch slippage. How much is removing the clutch going to help?

Dale
I didn't suggest it would - was just responding to your request on how to attack it.

That said there have been disengagement issues - like keith had when his release bearing failed:
https://www.ridersite.com/viewtopic.ph ... ch+release

Not sure how similar your issues are though.
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