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Moto Board => Tech => Topic started by: rsoffar on August 10, 2012, 01:26:24 PM

Title: starting your bike without a clutch pack installed?
Post by: rsoffar on August 10, 2012, 01:26:24 PM
with no clutch pack in your bike is there gonna be negative effects if your running the engine? Ive seen both answers to this question so just wanna see what the general consensus here is.
Title: Re: starting your bike without a clutch pack installed?
Post by: Ddan on August 10, 2012, 01:34:10 PM
Nope, no negative effects
Title: Re: starting your bike without a clutch pack installed?
Post by: WTSDS on August 10, 2012, 04:23:08 PM
No FHE doing this but cannot see any problems, except if you pull the clutch lever it may push the clutch actuating rod out too far and cause a mess.
Title: Re: starting your bike without a clutch pack installed?
Post by: ducpainter on August 10, 2012, 04:25:17 PM
I agree, but why would you need/want to?
Title: Re: starting your bike without a clutch pack installed?
Post by: rsoffar on August 10, 2012, 05:10:21 PM
Well I just got my bike back together except installing the new clutch. It's going to be Monday before I'll have access to the tools I need to do that so I figured if it was ok I'd go ahead and try to start the bike that way if it won't start I can go ahead and try to find out why over the weekend. Just trying to make good use of my time
Title: Re: starting your bike without a clutch pack installed?
Post by: ducpainter on August 10, 2012, 06:11:38 PM
Quote from: rsoffar on August 10, 2012, 05:10:21 PM
Well I just got my bike back together except installing the new clutch. It's going to be Monday before I'll have access to the tools I need to do that so I figured if it was ok I'd go ahead and try to start the bike that way if it won't start I can go ahead and try to find out why over the weekend. Just trying to make good use of my time
That makes sense.

Don't try to assess how it's running without the clutch installed.

That might be deceiving.
Title: Re: starting your bike without a clutch pack installed?
Post by: rsoffar on August 10, 2012, 10:33:21 PM
Really just wanted to see if it would start. It was my first time taking a bike down this far so it was a really good feeling when it started up on the first try tonight  ;D I was sure I was going to have forgotten to hook something up ha.