No clutch & oil leak..

[Adam]

I try too avoid this section as much as possible, but i need help! Basically whenever i put my bike (NSR 125) into first gear it jumps forward and the engine cuts out in other words stalls. From what I can guess theres no clutch at all, whats your opinion/advice? As the title also says theres a minor oil leak, possibly 3 or 4 droplets a day.. not having any idea about mechanics i've just ignored it in the past but now i've realised it could be something far worse than i thought, any ideas?

Thanks, Adam.

[skatefreak]

Having seen a few of your other post (just checked back) i get the impression that when you say a few drops of oil here you are refurring to oily substance under the pipes by the side stand. If this is the case then yeah, its fine, happens once in a blue moon and i just put it down to it being tempremental.

If its actually coming from the engine itself then i would be a little more concerned though, check the oil level, consider an oil change to be on the safe side and look into it!

For the clutch, put the bike in first (engine not running), pull in the clutch, try push the bike and it will enevitably be engaged i would have thought but this is still good just to see to what extent.

Check out the clutch cable where it meets the lever and twiddle the roundy buts (like you would on a push bikes breaks) you want the cable to move out about 3/4'rs of the amount you can but i wouldnt recomend maxing this out. Next, get to the service window off the front right hand side and get some spanners out, here you can continue ajusting the cable to pull the clutch further.

Its a case of trial and error, ajusting untill you have enough pull to get the clutch off.

Once you can get the clutch off with the hand lever put it back in gear without pulling the clutch and check it see if it engages enough to turn the engine without slipping.

Take the bike out and make sure its not slipping under load and bobs your unkle, bike is ridable again.

This may or may not be a temparay fix as when i got my NSR it needed this doing as it was dragging the rpm down in first (real fun as the bike had to be bump started as well heh).

Logically to me i would have thought if the plates were worn then you would be losing grip and the clutch would be slipping so i'm putting it down to just needing re-ajustment as i dont fancy pulling the bottom end appart just yet.

Hopefully someone will tune in with a better idea as to the exact cause.

Best regards

-Jvr

PS holy cr*p, i'm from cambridge! well was, studying in luton at the mo but yeah... you deffinatly have the better roads!