Firestorm drive problem
Discussion
Not had the bike long so just feeling my way round it sorting little niggles.Basically you know if you were driving along at say 30mph and you were in say 5th,6th gear,the transmission would start to clunk wanting to change down a gear?Well thats the sort of sound i get?.
Say im driving along in 3rd gear along behind traffic in a town with a steady throttle,it will clunk then,when i know im in a correct gear for road speed,i just rev through or by instinct,go for a lower gear and it will still do it??
First thing i thought was slack as fk chain,and guess what?,the chain was slack as fk.
Tightened it up no improvement?Bike pulls away from idle perfect,changes gear without problem.pulls cleanly under acceleration etc,it's odd?
Could the clutch do this?Maybe a basket wear problem or something?
Say im driving along in 3rd gear along behind traffic in a town with a steady throttle,it will clunk then,when i know im in a correct gear for road speed,i just rev through or by instinct,go for a lower gear and it will still do it??
First thing i thought was slack as fk chain,and guess what?,the chain was slack as fk.
Tightened it up no improvement?Bike pulls away from idle perfect,changes gear without problem.pulls cleanly under acceleration etc,it's odd?
Could the clutch do this?Maybe a basket wear problem or something?
OP are you sure its not as simple as you're using too higher gear for too low revs/road speed given its a 1000 twin?
Just asking, having had 1000 twin myself (Falco) it really didn't like being laboured below a certain sets of revs.. I actually dropped the gearing (-1 on the front sprocket) to improve things around town.
Just asking, having had 1000 twin myself (Falco) it really didn't like being laboured below a certain sets of revs.. I actually dropped the gearing (-1 on the front sprocket) to improve things around town.
Weso said:
Sounds a bit like my old Firestorm.
They all do that sir.
Along with the massive clonk going from 1st to 2nd.
Good bike's though loved mine.
1st gear always clonked on mine too and there always seemed too big a jump in ratio from 1st to second which made the shift feel worse. They all do that sir.
Along with the massive clonk going from 1st to 2nd.
Good bike's though loved mine.
They can be a bit 'spluttery' at low RPM due to the big carbs not working too well at low speeds, keep the revs up and it'll be better...
underwhelmist said:
Mr2Mike said:
The OP isn't doing 30mph in 5th or 6th, he was using that as an example of the kind of noise his bike is making.
Ah, yeah fair enough. Reading comprehension fail on my part. Is clunking like he's in too high a gear I get that now.
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