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sob story/clutch cable question
Spent about 2 hours yesterday with come toothbrushes, scrub brishes, round bristle brushes, citrus cleaner, purple power, etc., cleaning the covers and fins and evrything I could get to. Had it clean, and almost starting to shine. My other project, whichextended into today, between sign painting, grass cutting, laaundry, bla bla and so on, was to adjust the clutch cable. The very 1st time I was gonna ride my 850 was last weekend til I noticed that sitting in my drive with the bike in neutral and the clutch squeezed all the way in, when I dipped it into 1st, the bike wanted to go before I even started to relax mt grip. I had about 1/2 tank of gas with some seafoam in it, and noticed that there was a little smoke coming from the pipes when I had it sitting there idling. Figures the foam ewas working on whatever gunk was still there from winterover. So, today, I had the cable adjusted where I thought it should be, and noticed that it all of a sudden was moving REALLY freely, as in, I could pull the grip all the way in with my little finger alone. So, my 1st question is is that normal? I don't think so, but I'm not a mechanical genius. Now, for what really upset me with this whole day. I started the bike to take it for a ride around the block, to check and see if the clutch was working. I had it idling, albeit somewhat erratically, for a few minutes. As I stated a few weeks ago, after doind the coil relay mod, the bike has run better in my driveway at least, than it has since I bought it. New plugs, fresh gas with seafoam, I even drained the bowls and let them refill last week, to be rid of any leftover gas . All of a sudden, the idle goes down to next to nothing, bouncing off the 750 area, and when I revved it back up to about 1500-2000, I noticed a bunch of gray smoke out the tailpipes. Here;s the crux of this long whiney prose- suddenly, the bike belched, stopped dead, and I heard a squirting, dripping, something pukin out under my legs noise. (no-it wasn't anything from MY body). I look down to dee something dripping onto the starter motor cover, and the top of the case, dripping down to the ground. By the time I looked, wherever it came from was no longer the issue, cuz it was done squirtin and now jusrt dripping. It was about as dark as syrup, as thin as gas, and smelled real stroingly of gas.
Anyone have some ideas? To paraphrase someone else's statement a week ago or so. "I bought the bike to ride it, not to spend every weekend fixing something." ](*,)
Anyone have some ideas? To paraphrase someone else's statement a week ago or so. "I bought the bike to ride it, not to spend every weekend fixing something." ](*,)
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