Hhmmm....

Washed the MT-03 today as it was utterly filthy. After washing it,
even though it was in first, i kicked up the stand & pulled in the
clutch, hit the start button & the fucking thing lurched forward as if
in gear, not the clutch was fully in & it was in gear.

I have never known this happen before on any bike?

Stuck clutch? I gave it a rock or two in gear, tried in vain to find
any kind of neutral. Eventually, I got neutral & it then started as
normal.

Any ideas? It's off for it's first service on Monday. Now & again on a
run it kind of doesn't find the gear right & either bounces out of
gear, could be me not pegging it, but i doubt it after riding a blade
for many miles.

--
'That is one bad hat Harry'

Nige

Land Rover Discovery II (2001)
Honda CBR900RR Fireblade (1997)
Yamaha MT-03 (2006)

 

I have. If the bike's been standing overnight then sometims the plates
don't separate properly. My TL was like that.

 

Hope so then, it's bloody ace to be fair.

Cheers


--
'That is one bad hat Harry'

Nige

Land Rover Discovery II (2001)
Honda CBR900RR Fireblade (1997)
Yamaha MT-03 (2006)

 

Yes. Nothing to worry about.

 

Every Trials bike I've ever had dids that .. plates stick when left
overnight or longer, but are fine when nice and warm.

 

Odd, never had it on any of mine.

 

Happen(s/ed) on both mine.

 

Sounds fairly normal for a wet clutch bike. Happened on my CBr6, VFR750 &
TDM850. Normally manifests itself by a noisy clonk as you engage 1st gear.

Generally, I parked the bike in neutral, started the bike normally and then
held the clutch in for 15-20 secs before engaging 1st gear. This usually
eliminated the problem.

 

WTF? Who could be arsed? Bang the fucker in and get on with it.

 

IME some bikes are worse than others. As for ancient designs with
plates with cork inserts...

 

I take it you've never ridden a TDM850?

 

I had one of the very earlier ones and heartily concur with Pip's
solution - a strong left ankle is all that's required.

--
_______
..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
\`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing)
`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10
`\|/`
`

 

You take it right. Why should that matter?

 

The 'box on that bike was especially bad. I little bit of heat in the oil
made it quite a bit better.

It only mattered to me because I don't like to hear the noise. That's the
best rationalisation I can offer. Pretty piss poor, really, considering my
usual form.

 

No it wasn't. It worked perfectly well, all the time, as long as you
didn't try and pussy-foot around with it.

--
_______
..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
\`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing)
`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10
`\|/`
`

 

*cough*

 

I suppose it's more mechanically sympathetic, but I expect that most
people have better things to do than sit there for 20 seconds with the
clutch held in.

 

And someday you end up with a noisy main bearing at the clutch end.
DAMHIK, IJK, OK.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

Teach a man to fish and he and his pikey mates will have the
river cleaned out in a day.