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- Sep 15, 2006
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- Midlands, United Kingdom
Hi there,
I have a problem with my '08 FE550. Basically to give you a
bit of background on it- My last enduro at Manby at one particular
section of the track my club laid it out far too close to a water
hole. Riders kept knocking the tape down as they rode past and I
didn't see it as I came round. I took a line slightly to the right and
ended up nose diving straight into the water, the bike was completely
under but luckily it cut out before it went in. There was about 6
riders who did the same thing.
Anyway I didn't run the bike afterwards, and when I got home
stripped it all down, drained and cleaned it out. I've flushed the oil
out about 8 or 9 times to get rid of the contaminated water and it
finally looks ok now. I went out for the first ride yesterday and
everything seemed fine but then it started hopping in and out of gears
and eventually once it got into 5th gear it just revved up with a
clatery sound and had no drive whatsoever. It wouldn't go into 6th atall. 1st to
4th gear were mostly fine. We're going to have a look at it tonight
but am I right in thinking this is the clutch plates knackered? The
bike was fine before that incident, it only has 15.1 hrs on it. As
it's a wet clutch could the contaminated water have got in and wrecked
the plates?
How much am I looking at for clutch plates?
Cheers,
Steve
Photos of me in the waterhole (absolute nightmare, only the second
time on the bike!) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/stoy/
I have a problem with my '08 FE550. Basically to give you a
bit of background on it- My last enduro at Manby at one particular
section of the track my club laid it out far too close to a water
hole. Riders kept knocking the tape down as they rode past and I
didn't see it as I came round. I took a line slightly to the right and
ended up nose diving straight into the water, the bike was completely
under but luckily it cut out before it went in. There was about 6
riders who did the same thing.
Anyway I didn't run the bike afterwards, and when I got home
stripped it all down, drained and cleaned it out. I've flushed the oil
out about 8 or 9 times to get rid of the contaminated water and it
finally looks ok now. I went out for the first ride yesterday and
everything seemed fine but then it started hopping in and out of gears
and eventually once it got into 5th gear it just revved up with a
clatery sound and had no drive whatsoever. It wouldn't go into 6th atall. 1st to
4th gear were mostly fine. We're going to have a look at it tonight
but am I right in thinking this is the clutch plates knackered? The
bike was fine before that incident, it only has 15.1 hrs on it. As
it's a wet clutch could the contaminated water have got in and wrecked
the plates?
How much am I looking at for clutch plates?
Cheers,
Steve
Photos of me in the waterhole (absolute nightmare, only the second
time on the bike!) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/stoy/
