03-30-2015, 10:04 AM
Getting up to the 600-mile service point...I'm no longer babying the engine so much...learning more about it as I'm covering more ground.
First...this concerns me. I should advise, my contact with big, conventional, chain-driven Japanese cycles has been limited. I've had two BMW boxers; and before them, a GL500 - with a driveline that was anything BUT conventional. Also had a TU250. And an SR 500; but that was decades ago and I don't remember much about breaking it in.
The question is...putting the thing in gear when the engine is idling, warmed up. As at a light. The CB...going in, it does it with a THWAK! and the bike jumps. I'd say it's a dragging clutch, except that it doesn't show other signs. Doesn't shift hard; clutch play is normal; I can roll it easy, engine idling or off, with the clutch in and transmission in gear.
The other big bikes never did this. My little Kawasaki toy doesn't do this. I think I remember the TU doing this; but with a smaller motor, much less drama.
Have I got issues? It's going in for service in a week; now's the time to get it looked at.
First...this concerns me. I should advise, my contact with big, conventional, chain-driven Japanese cycles has been limited. I've had two BMW boxers; and before them, a GL500 - with a driveline that was anything BUT conventional. Also had a TU250. And an SR 500; but that was decades ago and I don't remember much about breaking it in.
The question is...putting the thing in gear when the engine is idling, warmed up. As at a light. The CB...going in, it does it with a THWAK! and the bike jumps. I'd say it's a dragging clutch, except that it doesn't show other signs. Doesn't shift hard; clutch play is normal; I can roll it easy, engine idling or off, with the clutch in and transmission in gear.
The other big bikes never did this. My little Kawasaki toy doesn't do this. I think I remember the TU doing this; but with a smaller motor, much less drama.
Have I got issues? It's going in for service in a week; now's the time to get it looked at.