Hello all,
I need some direction here. I added a set of risers to my 650 last week and have been struggling with making sure the cables have enough play. I finally took off the entire front cowling to give myself more room to work. I unhooked the clutch cable from the handle so I could slide the small bracket that holds it away from the top of the front shock. I put the clutch cable back into the handle and tightened it back down. After doing this I took the bike of the center stand to move it and noticed that it was hard to push when the clutch was engaged??? Not sure if I just never noticed this before, but I decided to adjust the clutch just incase. Made the adjustments at the bottom of the bike and it still does it. I started the bike and noticed the wheel was spinning. This has been noted before in another forum. I guess my question is do you guys notice the rear wheel is hard to spin when the clutch is engaged while the bike is not running? It seems if the oil viscosity was the culprit for a spinning raised rear wheel, it might not be an issue if the bike is not running. What do you guys think/know about this? I hope I have not caused any problems by pulling off the clutch cable. . .
I need some direction here. I added a set of risers to my 650 last week and have been struggling with making sure the cables have enough play. I finally took off the entire front cowling to give myself more room to work. I unhooked the clutch cable from the handle so I could slide the small bracket that holds it away from the top of the front shock. I put the clutch cable back into the handle and tightened it back down. After doing this I took the bike of the center stand to move it and noticed that it was hard to push when the clutch was engaged??? Not sure if I just never noticed this before, but I decided to adjust the clutch just incase. Made the adjustments at the bottom of the bike and it still does it. I started the bike and noticed the wheel was spinning. This has been noted before in another forum. I guess my question is do you guys notice the rear wheel is hard to spin when the clutch is engaged while the bike is not running? It seems if the oil viscosity was the culprit for a spinning raised rear wheel, it might not be an issue if the bike is not running. What do you guys think/know about this? I hope I have not caused any problems by pulling off the clutch cable. . .