funfly3 Posted July 18, 2011 Posted July 18, 2011 Hi all I am a born again biker after a gap of 20 years and decided now would be a good time to buy a FZR600, so I decided on buying a cheap 1989 model so its not new but quite a lot of work in progress but I like to tinker :-) , but the only real issue I have at the moment is the clutch if you pull away at very low revs IE tick-over its great but if you try this at 2000rpm + it just grabs launches the bike then the revs drop the clutch releases the revs rise it grabs again in a vicious circle and you go off down the road kangaroo style ,I thought it was me but several people have tried but the beast cannot be tamed any Ideas what I need to look at first? Kevin UK 50+ biker
FZR AL Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 have you changed the oil recently ?,is it the correct grade, but to be honest I think its time to change the clutch mate £40 on evil bay , but buy news springs as well £10 £14
funfly3 Posted July 21, 2011 Author Posted July 21, 2011 have you changed the oil recently ?,is it the correct grade, but to be honest I think its time to change the clutch mate £40 on evil bay , but buy news springs as well £10 £14 I have drained the oil well I think it was oil it could have been crushed coal :-) so I decided to replace the oil filter as well , just waiting for it to arrive
Moderator Airhead Posted July 22, 2011 Moderator Posted July 22, 2011 Greetings funfly I see you are a glider pilot ?
funfly3 Posted July 25, 2011 Author Posted July 25, 2011 Greetings funfly I see you are a glider pilot ? well sort of :-) just trying to get enough solo hours to get my Bronze licence I fly several club gliders including K8 K13 Astir PW6 and my best solo todate awas my very first solo which was 1 hour 10 mins thermaling and I only came down because I was getting cold LOL
funfly3 Posted July 26, 2011 Author Posted July 26, 2011 have you changed the oil recently ?,is it the correct grade, but to be honest I think its time to change the clutch mate £40 on evil bay , but buy news springs as well £10 £14 I accidentally adjusted the throwout mechanism to much allowing the clutch to slip and it just rabbit hopped down the road for 1/2 mile then it just permanently started to slip, so I returned home at tickover as it would not go any faster then adjusted it properly and it then worked as it should, so it looks like I burned off what ever was in the plates, and after a 25 mile ride to it looks like its cured but I might just order a new set of friction plates and gasket
FZR AL Posted July 26, 2011 Posted July 26, 2011 I accidentally adjusted the throwout mechanism to much allowing the clutch to slip and it just rabbit hopped down the road for 1/2 mile then it just permanently started to slip, so I returned home at tickover as it would not go any faster then adjusted it properly and it then worked as it should, so it looks like I burned off what ever was in the plates, and after a 25 mile ride to it looks like its cured but I might just order a new set of friction plates and gasket which model FZR have you got funfly3 , twin headlight ? 3HE ?
funfly3 Posted July 27, 2011 Author Posted July 27, 2011 which model FZR have you got funfly3 , twin headlight ? 3HE ? yes its the twin headlight 3he Kevin
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