Warren Terror

oh, the dealer is insisting that it isn't slipping, otherwise it would be evident when trying to pull away in 1st with the front brake firmly held on. its quite difficult convincing the dealer to get on the back while I demonstrate.

I have no idea what oil has been put in the bike, it was serviced recently by Yamaha, so im guessing they should have put the correct oil in there. when you speak of cable adjustment, there is sufficient freeplay cable end, I have tried looseing it from the handlebar end to see if it makes any difference without luck. surely, adjusting it from the engine side, and the top side will produce the same result if there is sufficient freeplay in the clutch lever ?

The cable was the first thing that I checked. and seems fine. I may change the cable to see if it makes a huge difference. . . but it does sound like its not a common problem, or it does feel as if the garage I bought it from is trying one over on me.

Just after a bit of advice, Just picked up a Yamaha 1100 dragstar, its pretty standard apart from the exhaust and lots of chrome. It seems to be running fine, its a 2005 with only 12k on the clocks. . . . one owner since new. when I crack the throttle open in a low gear, the engine note seems to change and the clutch appears to slip a little, the speedo rises, but after a few seconds of the bike roaring, the engine noise will subside and it will start to accelerate a little more aggressive than usual. standard test - like put the bike in top gear when rolling at 5mph doesn't seem to make it any worse or better, it still seems to slip and hesitate before pulling away. standard test like front brake on, pulling away in 1st doesn't seem to make it slip. im not sure if this is a standard characteristic of a shaft drive bike, The bike is still under dealer warrantly, the dealer explains that this is perfectly normal for a cruiser,. (I have had 10 years experience riding, so its not as if its my first bike, and don't really know how bikes should behave). any ideas anyone, or is this infact normal ?

Hi Guys, Im new here . . . hows it rolling ? Just picked up a dragstar 1100, so thought Id best show my face. Im a photographer (www.flickr.com/photos/warrenterror/sets), as well as a biker, I had a CBR before I switched to yam yams.