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My motorcycle will not move when I release the clutch (in friction zone) does this mean I need to apply gas?
I am new to riding, basically my instruction class taught us the heel/toe movement where you release the clutch into its friction zone and the bike moves on its own, you then engage the gas to gain speed. My bike requires that gas be applied in tandem with the clutch release (roll on/off) but only does it this way, idle will not move it when I release the clutch into the friction zone.
Is this normal? Any pointers would be well received.
Ref: 2006 Honda VTX 1800
4 Answers
- Mr. SmartypantsLv 77 years agoFavorite Answer
On a bike that big you ought to be able to get the bike moving at idle speed. But that's not the way we ride, it's just a trick. It's perfectly okay to roll on a little gas to get the bike rolling. On a smaller bike you have to do that anyway.
Getting started from a dead stop is the hardest thing about clutching/shifting. You kind of have to get a feel for it, to make a 'muscle memory'. Once you can do that, using the clutch while you're moving is much easier.
- ?Lv 67 years ago
If you are in gear and you can fully release the clutch and the bike idles rather than moving, you have got a slipping clutch. That could be down to clutch plate wear, problems with the release mechanism or bad adjustment. The VTX 1800 ought to be able to pull stumps at idle in 1st.
The video may help
Source(s): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVyf5tFLUYc - Candid ChrisLv 77 years ago
Sounds more like the clutch needs adjustment.
Every bike has a little different area in the friction zone that the clutch will stat to grab so play with the adjusters at the handlebar perch if it is cable-drawn but if it is hydraulic than it needs to have the master-cylinder rebuilt.
- 7 years ago
Yeah it sounds to me like your clutch is slipping, this can easily be confirmed if whilst riding the response of the bike does not match the throttle movement, say if you wrenched the throttle the revs will raise but the speed takes a while to catch up.
