1988rocco Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 hey i am new to this forum, i joined and introduced myself a few weeks back. my dragstar 125 started playing up today, when i pull off its like the bike clicks out of gear now and then, its stays in gear just feels like it losses power and throws me forward for a split second, its when i accelerate quickly, and happens in all gears. any one shed any light on my situation. To top things off my MR2 is giving me problems as well cheers people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhat250 Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Hi" throws you forward? is the engine runnig smooth ?, and the sprockets are they worn ? worn sprockets would jump and jerk , is there a noise ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neversaydie Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 hey i am new to this forum, i joined and introduced myself a few weeks back. my dragstar 125 started playing up today, when i pull off its like the bike clicks out of gear now and then, its stays in gear just feels like it losses power and throws me forward for a split second, its when i accelerate quickly, and happens in all gears. any one shed any light on my situation. To top things off my MR2 is giving me problems as well cheers people Check the chain tension and condition of the sprockets, set as per the manual. If the chain is too stretched, it could be jumping teeth under load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1988rocco Posted February 17, 2011 Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 Check the chain tension and condition of the sprockets, set as per the manual. If the chain is too stretched, it could be jumping teeth under load. Cheers dudes, have checked and the chain is much looser than it should be so will be tightening that up later today. Will report back on how it goes. Im so glad there are forums like this about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1988rocco Posted February 17, 2011 Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 All sorted the chain was very loose, have set it up to the required amoutn of slack much smoother ride and gear change now , now to just sort the car out lol. Cheers for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danzley0 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 keep a close eye on it mate this was about a week after i had the bike but cost me van rental and a driver to recover it as i hadnt been able to sort out breakdown cover yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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