I recently lubed my clutch cable and after starting the bike and warming it up in neutral...it stalled when dropping it into first gear holding in the clutch.
I figured that the cable loosened up when I lubed it or something so I tightened up the cable at the handlebar first. That didn't tighten it enough to let the clutch stay disengaged in first gear with the lever pulled in.
So I screwed the adjuster out at the engine case and it fixed the problem.
Unfortunately the side effect has been that the clutch now slips in gear if I try to take off while rolling already. I can be in 3rd gear on the highway and go to take off and the bike just spins up until I let off the throttle and go at it slowly. Needless to say, this is not good for metro-maryland traffic. The bike also still seems to stall in the morning when I start it up and drop it into first gear. The bike is being left on the sidestand overnight and with the colder temperatures could the oil not be covering the clutch plates? I don't know...it's weird. How can it be slipping at high speed but stalling/sticking/catching when I drop it into first gear with the lever pulled in?
Would the GSR agree and recommend that I:
1. Give the bike a small readjustment at the engine case adjuster?
2. Try to find some middle ground between the engine case adjuster and the handlebar adjuster?
3. New clutch plates, cable and springs?
Thank you.
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