I travel with my bike so i can ride when not working, I have a sprinter van and I work all over and travel 8-9 months a year. We got rained out yesterday and I hit up this little shop. Guy running it has same bike as me but year or two newer and much nicer. I was pickingh is brain about stuff, trying to learn and hes looking over my ride and trys my clutch handle and saws what the hell you got going on. I didn't get what he was saying until he had me try his lutch on his bike, wow his was like 100 times easier to pull. He wanted to know if I had done work on it and I haven't. I knew it pulled hard but just thought it was a bigger bike. anyways he said I should change out the springs. We got cut short and now I am down the road. Why would someone put in these hard to pull springs in the first place or are they covering up some issue? I don't know that much about bikes yet.
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Some guys with a slipping clutch think they need stiff springs. New stock springs are plenty strong. Get a new OEM cable too and lube it before installEd
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I'd start with lubricating the clutch cable, it may just be very dry. If this doesn't help, you may need to replace the cable - it could be ripped inside causing friction. Also make sure there's a bit of play at the clutch lever, the cable shouldn't be very tight.Comment
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I think I have replaced the clutch cable twice now so far. I lubed it up but still the same, Maybe I'll try and source some used stock springs on Ebay or something.Comment
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read the manual for proper adjustment procedure
its not as intuitive as one might expect.1983 GS 550 LD
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Why bother with USED springs? New ones are about $20 for the set of six. Toss in a $10 gasket and a $15 cable, you will have a complete new setup for less than $50.
Somebody put "heavy-duty" springs in there because they detected some slipping. Would you believe it was "used OEM springs" that caused the slipping?
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Good point. Will get to spending some money. Thanks for the information, I'm not very motorcycle technically savvy yet.Why bother with USED springs? New ones are about $20 for the set of six. Toss in a $10 gasket and a $15 cable, you will have a complete new setup for less than $50.
Somebody put "heavy-duty" springs in there because they detected some slipping. Would you believe it was "used OEM springs" that caused the slipping?
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