klr fork volume

[rowdy]

Eric,   I believe what you are experiencing are "stuck" clutch plates. This usually happens when a bike has sat for some time "weeks or months" without use. What happens is that ht oil literally glues the plates together. I had a bike do this once and rode almost a half mile with the cluth pulled in before it released! That bike had been sitting for years though. Usually this problem will get better with frequent use, if not an oil change may give some relief. If it just doesn't seem to get better you may have to take the clutch plates out and clean them with solvent to get the gunk off them.    In the mean time, when you start up in the morning, let the bike warm some "until the temp guage starts to move at least" then pull the clutch in and HOLD it for about 5-10 seconds. Then while still holding the clutch in "blip" the throttle fairly hard a couple times so the engine revs to about 3000 rpm's or so and then returns to idle. Just give it a quick rev, don't hold the rpm's up there. This should have the effect of shearing the stuck clutch plates apart and allow you to drop it in gear at idle as normal.   Good luck! Rowdy      Eric wrote: I push the choke out, start it up, let it idle a bit and warm up, wait til it can idle without the choke, and let it sit for a few moments while I get my helmet and stuff on... this is about 5 or 6 minutes now to this point. I get on the bike... pull in the clutch a few times.. shift into first... and boom.. it stalls. I do this about 3 more times over the course of the next 4 minutes until finally it decides it's ready, and then it's fine for rest of the day. What gives?

[Mike T]

Very inventive! The kerosene Idea too... I noticed than when I removed the damper rod bolt, and with a bit of extension, the old stuff flushed out fast from the very bottom, vs. the elevated small drain screw position. So many ways to skin a cat Mike T> A16 Las Vegas

> -----Original Message----- > From: kdxkawboy@... [mailto:kdxkawboy@...] > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 6:28 AM > To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] KLR Fork Volume > > > > > > > Now I don't go about just leaving the gunk in the bottom. One or two > fillings > with kerosene, lots of pumping so my solvent picks up the gunk and then > drain. > > BTW, my new favorite trick tool is a 27 pound, plastic Tidy Cat tube. At > one > of the narrow ends I've cut a notch that lets me slip it over the bottom > of > the fork, the notch being the spot for the axle. Then when I drain fork > oil, no > mess. > > Pat > G'ville, Nv >