clutch slipping

[Tennif Shoe]

p.s. how many miles should i wait to brake it in? in other words, how long should i wait until i start poppin wheelies?

Lets try 500,000 miles. that is drive the wheels off this bike, then follow suite with another bike, buy a third bike and maybe just maybe you can start poppin' wheelies again. lol

[dr_bar]

I think you should put a little money away each paycheque and call it the "to fix my bike fund."

Maybe it should be the, "Buy a new bike fund" or maybe, "Pay for the skin graft fund" or...???

[slimcolo]

I never had any problems finding grade 5 or grade 8 bolts at the hardware store, as long as their coarse thread SAE. Fine thread, metric, BSF and Whitworth are another story though.

Last year I had to drive 50 miles just to get some 3/8 allthread. The stores only seem to stock this in coarse not fine thread, but some metric.

[Dirtytoes]

lol

u guys are all anti-wheelie...eh?

come on ppl, cruisers sportsbikes, dirtbikes, racers, stunters....LOVE THE SPORT!

back to the topic, rode it around town and through the canyons last night and put a 100 miles on it, and let it cool down every so many miles so the clutch "breaks in" properly.

popped a few wheelies earlier today, and holy crap, i love it!

going to a lot to practice in a little bit.

thx for the help everyone.

[Sev]

Like I said, I really don't think there's any break-in time on clutch plates. But I could be wrong there. So long as everything is correctly installed, and your oil came out clean you oughta be okay. But I would seriously consider investing in some heavier springs if you're going to keep clutching up your wheelies.

Have you installed a handbrake yet?

[BuzZz]

lol

u guys are all anti-wheelie...eh?

So you're totally clueless... eh?

If you reach back into the deep, dark fog that is your mind, you may possibly remember our (your's and mine) discussions about stunting and it's effects on machinery. If you think really hard, you may even remember PMing me about how to do a burnout, but I would not be surprised if you didn't. Anyways, the whole jist of what I said then and now, is if you want to stunt, your bike will be beat to shiit. It will constantly need parts and repairs, and you will collect injuries and scars. People heal, but bikes require CASH and labor to remain functional. They will never be as solid as an unstunted bike. Ever. Period.

But you figured that a new bike was the answer, and that all your mechanical problems would go away with a bike just like everyone else was beating on. That's when I decided to stop communicating with you.

If you want to play that game, I suggest you learn how to repair and set-up your equipment correctly. Things like knowing what proper clutch adjustment is and how to achieve it, when to replace your chain before it breaks and takes out your cases, when and how to replace the bearings in your head and wheels.... all these things will be a significant part of your life, and you best learn how to deal with them now.

But you want to be a stunter...... you wanna play, you gonna pay. It is unavoidable.

come on ppl, cruisers sportsbikes, dirtbikes, racers, stunters....LOVE THE SPORT!

HOLY MUTH*#$@&^#* CO*^SU%$!#G SON@%#*!%^ !!!!! You got some set of balls telling me how much or how little I love bikes. It is not a sport to me. It is not 'a way of life'. It just simply IS. Always has been and always will be existance, like eating and breathing. Not even dealing with the likes of you can affect what bikes are to me. AND the same can be said for many of the the other members here who have been and are trying to assist you. That statement is an insult and an affront to us. Time you realized that you ain't the first person who 'discovered' riding motorcycles, and that someone else might actually know what they are talking about.

[Sev]

It's going to be a long winter eh BuzZz?

You going to the MC show this year?

[insaneV4Honda]

Dirtytoes, please get a dirt bike and take the stunts off-road. A few stunters give everyone that rides a bike a bad reputation. I live near a trade school which draws the average teenage hotrodders; you know the kind that buy a cheap 4 cylinder car, put a funny sounding muffler on it, put on one of those rear spoilers and think they have the baddest ride in town. They also buy bikes and like to do some of the sh** you have been doing. You find them stunting in parking lots, side streets, highways and anywhere else you can think of. A few months ago one of them was riding a wheelie down the highway. Witnesses say he was hanging in there for quite a distance- until he crossed over into oncoming traffic and met up with a tractor trailer going 60MPH the other way. Take the stunts to the dirt. They have no place on the street.

[Sev]

Dirtytoes has stated several times that he only stunts at "the spot." Which is a private parking lot where the "stunters" go to hang out. That's fine, he's welcome to do it. And I think that no one here really has the right to tell him not too.

I think that part of the reason for his apparent attitude is the result of the way that we as a community have treated him. I'm as much to blame as anyone else here, lord knows I've lost my temper when trying to deal with him before. But telling him not to stunt... not our business.

[insaneV4Honda]

I made an assumption on his location of the stunting. You know what assuming does. You're right, if that is his situation then he is free to do as he wishes. I wish the stunters in my area would find "the spot" too rather than becoming hood ornaments for big trucks. People in the area after the accident began referring to all who rode bikes as "those damn bikers" and it struck a nerve with me. I've been on the road before most of them were even born. I meant no harm- I've just seen what can happen and would prefer to not see anymore statistics. The good thing for me in my area is most of them are fair weather riders and have put their bikes away for the year because it is getting cold. That gives me another month and a half to ride until the snow starts to fly. Sean