How do you know when your clutch is wearing out, needs replacement?


Lately on hills...if I take off from a stop and I am in first gear, with the clutch pulled all the way in....I have a hard time getting the bike to move.... I let the clutch out slow as usual and give it gas but it seems like the bike is almost about to stall.

I have to give it way more revs, like past 2000 rpm to get the bike moving.

Am I doing something wrong? Or is something wrong with my bike?

 

I have f-2 also, been wondering when I need to do mine,no prob so far though, but only time will tell [&:]

 

Sounds like your problem is similar to the one I have been having. Does the motor sort of bog down, like it might be flooding, then it hits and takes off real strong? That is my symptom. My F2 has a good clutch, but to maybe answer your question, on my 1982 Yamaha Seca 650, the clutch wore out at 90,000 miles. I would go 70 mph and always the rpms were around 5k. I began to notice the rpms were increasing and the speed was relativly the same. Clutch slippage in high gear was my first clue. Then as it got worse, from a dead stop, the engine would rev but the bike would creep like I had the cluctch lever pulled in, but it was all the way out.

You could have a bad clutch, or you could have the same problem I too am having with my 92 F2, which I have not discovered the cause just yet. This weekend I will tear it down and see what possibilities I find, but I have ruled out my clutch since I can do a second gear wheelie, a bad clutch wouldn't allow that. Hope this helps..........if it doesn't, thanks for reading it just the same. Take Care and Good Luck

 

Krokus yes it does sound like the same problem!

I have to give it a lot of revs...it's about to bog then when I release the clutch all the way out because the revs are so high it takes off

I hate it

Thanks for your info I appreciate it and city worker!

Let me know what you find after you check out your f2

 

Local Squid had an F3 and didn't know how to do burnouts....so naturally he burned his clutch and tire up!

On Hwy Roll-Ons he kept insisting that his bike wouldn't go past like 75-80 and instead the RPMS would start shooting up like he was in neutral.

Of course his clutch was DEFINATELY wasted!

 

ouch!

no burnouts for my baby

[&:]