Motorbike Advice

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splitter / judas

4,330 posts

215 months

Sunday 27th January 2008
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shout Crazypav - techie question!

Wacky Racer

38,807 posts

253 months

Sunday 27th January 2008
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Sounds like the clutch is slipping to me, or maybe the clutch cable needs adjusting,scratchchin either way, probably not too expensive to rectify.....

phillvr6

3,785 posts

266 months

Sunday 27th January 2008
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James, Why not ast on Biker Banter? If I was you I'd also try visordown.com and I'm sure there must be a community specifically for you bike out there.

It might also be worth getting your hands on a Haynes manual.

I've got an abba stand if you need to borrow it. You'll just need to get hold of a fitting kit specific to your bike.

phillvr6

3,785 posts

266 months

Sunday 27th January 2008
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James, Why not ast on Biker Banter? If I was you I'd also try visordown.com and I'm sure there must be a community specifically for you bike out there.

It might also be worth getting your hands on a Haynes manual.

I've got an abba stand if you need to borrow it. You'll just need to get hold of a fitting kit specific to your bikem

Edited to add, I thought you said it was a CBR 400, not a CB 400.

Edited by phillvr6 on Sunday 27th January 18:19

crazypav

295 posts

214 months

Sunday 27th January 2008
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No idea on this one I'm afraid, suggest taking it to the Honda shop in Witney...
They're pretty good at getting stuff sorted and reasonably priced to.

odyssey2200

18,650 posts

215 months

Sunday 27th January 2008
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At the handle bar lever you should be ablt to move the lever slightly before it starts to move the cable.

Look at where the cable locates in the lever and passes through the clamp.
you should have about 4 or 5 mm gap between the clamp and lever before the lever at the other end of the starts to move IFKWIM.

If you have no slack in the cable adjust the cable to get the right gap.

If the cable is too tight, when the clutch get hot it will be too tight on the cable and not get the full clamping effect from the springs.

if the cable is OK it might be worth dropping the cover of the side of the motor to check the plates and that the ring of bolts have been tightened properly.

I had those bolts come loose on an old kawasaki and it made one hell of a mess of the cover,

Worth buying a Haynes manual!

HTH

Edited by odyssey2200 on Sunday 27th January 20:58