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Clutch slipping. It came on all of a sudden. So much for a beautiful day to ride.
25K on a 2006. 8K of that by me in the last year. Prior to me, it wasn't ridden a lot but it wasn't completely ignored. I did all the maintenance a year ago when I got the bike. So it's reasonably up to date (oil is now due) and I used the right fluids. Nothing done recently to point a finger at.
In all gears, if I give it a good bit of throttle (firm, doesn't have to be HUGE), the engine revs up and the speed not so much. I have to stay with moderate acceleration to not wind up in the friction/slippage zone.
I saw this thread (among others) and this post in particular:
Clutch slip
that focuses on a specific port as a likely suspect for the clogging. Elsewhere in the thread, drive shaft rubber omes up in the list of suspects.
@Waldo or anyone, do you the image from that old post handy? It's gone now. The one about the port to unclog.
Drive shaft at 25K seems unlikely to me. Other opinions?
I've got a little crud around the boot where the lever / pushrod / piston are in the master cylinder. I though that might be at fault but, while not pretty, the pushrod/piston seems to be moving without sticking.
Here's what the service manual suggests. Most of it looks beyond me. Hoping for a hydraulic miracle.
25K on a 2006. 8K of that by me in the last year. Prior to me, it wasn't ridden a lot but it wasn't completely ignored. I did all the maintenance a year ago when I got the bike. So it's reasonably up to date (oil is now due) and I used the right fluids. Nothing done recently to point a finger at.
In all gears, if I give it a good bit of throttle (firm, doesn't have to be HUGE), the engine revs up and the speed not so much. I have to stay with moderate acceleration to not wind up in the friction/slippage zone.
I saw this thread (among others) and this post in particular:
Clutch slip
that focuses on a specific port as a likely suspect for the clogging. Elsewhere in the thread, drive shaft rubber omes up in the list of suspects.
@Waldo or anyone, do you the image from that old post handy? It's gone now. The one about the port to unclog.
Drive shaft at 25K seems unlikely to me. Other opinions?
I've got a little crud around the boot where the lever / pushrod / piston are in the master cylinder. I though that might be at fault but, while not pretty, the pushrod/piston seems to be moving without sticking.
Here's what the service manual suggests. Most of it looks beyond me. Hoping for a hydraulic miracle.