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Bike pulls and stalls in 1st
Hey y’all so for some reason a month ago the clutch wasn’t engaging fully so I replaced the clutch springs, pull rod, and clutch plates. I also added the Norton clutch lever spring kit. Now when I start up the bike and move to 1st gear, even with the clutch level pulled, the gears grab quick, pull the bike, and stall. Anyway I can fix this?
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As Rich said, your clutch free play is too loose, should be 4mm on the N400/Z400.
So you replaced all those components without knowing basic clutch cable adjustment?Hey y’all so for some reason a month ago the clutch wasn’t engaging fully so I replaced the clutch springs, pull rod, and clutch plates. I also added the Norton clutch lever spring kit. Now when I start up the bike and move to 1st gear, even with the clutch level pulled, the gears grab quick, pull the bike, and stall. Anyway I can fix this?
You probably only needed to adjust your clutch cable to fix the original problem.
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