fastbob

https://www.diymotofix.com/blog/how-to-properly-inspect-a-clutch

You have voiced what I have long suspected . That although the cause may be totally commendable , the actual ride is a bit of an exercise in showing off .

I can't afford a motorcycle AND clothes .

Which has a certain irony when the highlight of my year is my trip to Scotland . Some years I win , some years I lose .

That I would like . I've actually set my heart on an 04 Dyna Sport in unmolested condition but I ain't waiting two years like I did to get the Roadster .

The more I think about it the more likely you are to be right .

If this is a April Fool then I've swallowed it hook line and sinker . If it's true then I absolutely despair . https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/3020257/electric-avenue-nc500/

Would you please stop flaunting that thing In front of me . I've so got to get a Dyna !

Firstly , I'm not in a mood . I'm sitting in my shed polishing my Harley and dreaming of a wonderful summer to come . Secondly I don't drink . What I can't understand is why you keep on asking leading questions and not doing things by the book . It's your bike and only you can see and touch it . One minute the clutch isn't separating , then it is , then it's suspected clutch drag , now it's the lock out system and not the clutch after all , or is it ? Next it'll be stalling because there's not enough petrol in it or a loose battery lead . Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to help you sort this bike out but it's a two way process . Remember who insisted that the top end noise was metal to metal contact when everyone was being fed clues about oil starvation ? It doesn't get more metal to metal than a piece of a tool stuck in the piston . And what stud extractor did I recommend ? Not the one that broke as I recall . I'm not trying to have a go here but can you not see how exasperating this is ? Anyway . Whenever I have a bike that stalls when it is put into gear , the first place I look is the side stand switch . Have a pleasant evening .

So that's all of my pre MOT checks done . Polished the chrome , waxed the paintwork and tooted the horn . I think that about covers it .

Ah yes . I'll give you that one . Sometimes when I'm stuck at work I'm actually glad when it's raining because I wouldn't be out anyway .

Is that the procedure that is described in the manual then ?

So it's probably not the clutch then .

So you're conducting these tests with the clutch dry then ?

Have you placed every steel plate and every friction plate on a known flat surface ( A marble worktop will do ) and measured for warpage with a feeler gauge ? The degree of movement in the video looks more than adequate to allow separation of the plates to me so something is causing friction .

No . I just can't understand the question .

Did you have a Bacon Sandwich ?

Are we allowed to include the BLT in this discussion or is that too scary for the Salad Dodgers?

Too grim to contemplate .

Sriracha for me .

Right . So I can ride through Speed Cameras at 100 miles an hour and nothing will happen ? Great !

Yes it was . It's the title of a show . The Ned of the title was the famous Neddy Seagoon played by Harry Secombe .

The older I get , the less sophisticated my musical tastes have become . I'll listen to anything that hits the spot . It's all about the performance for me and with today's technology you can find just about anything you want . https://youtu.be/Zrg_qegcGHQ

And can anybody tell me where the name comes from without googling ?

I don't know what bike he's got yet . Could be a proper ground shaker of a Big Twin Harley . My neighbor gets his MOT done at the same place and he has a 1600 Marauder with no baffles in Shotgun Pipes and that IS loud. It doesn't have the crazy random rhythms of a carburettor Harley though .