When is a bike a dick?
(Behaves like one...)
[ Monday - March 19, 2018 ]
It's the question of the week. When is a bike a dick? Or
at least behaves like one. It's when almost every clutch pull
results in stiff or not being able to shift. This is
especially the case when stopping at a red light. Of late, at
the 5K miles mark, the GS has been behaving badly at almost every
stop. In some cases I have to stomp on the shift lever to get
the bike to go into 1st gear from 2nd. In one particular
instance, I couldn't eve get the bike out of second gear and had to
throttle up to start the bike in second. As to the reason for
this behavior, I have no idea. I'm guessing it's might have to
do with an engine oil change. Regardless, it's a pain in the
butt. I don't recall having this problem on the hex head
R12R. The hex head has separate transmission oil vs. engine
oil. Since this is a wet clutch situation, I'm hoping it's
just dirty engine oil. Dirty engine oil, dirty clutch
oil. At leas that's the thought.
[Update - September 4, 2018 ]
It has nothing to do with the engine oil and clutch oil. There
is something more sinister in this problem.
Push rod, slave cylinder,
master cylinder... it's none of that.
Written on: March 19, 2018
Last modified: September 4, 2018
