Sometimes life sucks guys.
I'm riding home from work. It's a nice 30 mile drive of freeways. I exit and wait at the red light. It turns green and I pull in the clutch and shift to first. It jerks and stalls. That's not right....kickstand isn't down. Back into neutral and try again. Same. It felt like the clutch wasn't being engaged when I was shifting so I check the cable and sure enough, only a few stretched wires holding on. I'm blocking traffic, so I try to adjust the lever so it would pull more and try again. It just snaps off. Great. Pull to the side, call for a help and wait....at a red light...with every one looking. I guess you don't see to many broken down motorcycles.
I've never been one to discriminate other riders for what they ride, but only one rider stopped to see if he could help...a Harley guy.
Anyways, got home and the part is ordered. 2 to 4 days. I hate driving to work in a cage as I wait for it to come. :thumbdown
Question though, where do you guys strap this bike down? I tried to go up high by the handlebars but couldn't find a nice area free of cables. Had to go low to the frame. Held, but way more wobble then I want.
Could have been worse, but not a great day.
I'm riding home from work. It's a nice 30 mile drive of freeways. I exit and wait at the red light. It turns green and I pull in the clutch and shift to first. It jerks and stalls. That's not right....kickstand isn't down. Back into neutral and try again. Same. It felt like the clutch wasn't being engaged when I was shifting so I check the cable and sure enough, only a few stretched wires holding on. I'm blocking traffic, so I try to adjust the lever so it would pull more and try again. It just snaps off. Great. Pull to the side, call for a help and wait....at a red light...with every one looking. I guess you don't see to many broken down motorcycles.
I've never been one to discriminate other riders for what they ride, but only one rider stopped to see if he could help...a Harley guy.
Anyways, got home and the part is ordered. 2 to 4 days. I hate driving to work in a cage as I wait for it to come. :thumbdown
Question though, where do you guys strap this bike down? I tried to go up high by the handlebars but couldn't find a nice area free of cables. Had to go low to the frame. Held, but way more wobble then I want.
Could have been worse, but not a great day.