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cerebus
26-09-2005, 08:50 PM
A couple of times now when I've opened the throttle hard(ish), then at around 6-7000 rpm, the revs shoot up but the bike slows down for a split-second then sorts itself out.

Is the likely to be the clutch slipping ? or a fuelling problem ?

Bike is 2001 M600 approaching 20,000 miles, original clutch.

Cerebus the clueless.
A Yerbury
26-09-2005, 09:01 PM
get the bike dyno'd, probably a flat spot and something in the carb needs tweaking. Could be the clutch but I dont see why it would choose to cut in consistently at that point. Dyno runs are good, you get a graph for your bike! it's like being in the future.

good luck.
AY.
spacemonkey
26-09-2005, 09:02 PM
Is the likely to be the clutch slipping ? or a fuelling problem ? Cerebus the clueless.


Yup!


:rolleyes:
A Yerbury
26-09-2005, 09:06 PM
Yup!


:rolleyes:

you dont think it's the tyres then?
spacemonkey
26-09-2005, 09:12 PM
One could suggest the battery, but I'm being charitable...
cerebus
26-09-2005, 09:16 PM
Thanks guys




I think :confused:
spacemonkey
26-09-2005, 09:19 PM
I think :confused:
Therefore you are?
JMo
26-09-2005, 09:41 PM
Could be the clutch but I dont see why it would choose to cut in consistently at that point.

Perhaps because this is where the bike makes peak torque, and thus is forcing the clutch to slip?

xxx

ps. By 'techno' I mean technical - not that god-awful sh ite they play in clubs x
A Yerbury
26-09-2005, 09:46 PM
but how does that force the clutch in?
Alex.xxx
ps.I know, I always had you down as a "deathmetal-drumandbass-jazz" freak
JMo
26-09-2005, 10:09 PM
but how does that force the clutch in?
Alex.xxx
ps.I know, I always had you down as a "deathmetal-drumandbass-jazz" freak

It doesn't force it 'in' - the torque simply overwhelms the friction of the clutch plates, and hence, slips...

xxx

ps. Don't even get me started on drum'n'bass, or R'n'B for that matter - grrrrrrrrr...
CraigMac
26-09-2005, 10:11 PM
Perhaps because this is where the bike makes peak torque, and thus is forcing the clutch to slip?

xxx

ps. By 'techno' I mean technical - not that god-awful sh ite they play in clubs x


Didnt Peak Torque used to be in the Monkeys.....Oh Yes...

Sounsvery muchos like elflat spot in zee fuelin dept rather than dat clutcy slippen....Dyno...Dyno...Dyno....

Regardez
A Yerbury
26-09-2005, 10:18 PM
I see, thanks for saying that the "torque simply overwhelms the friction"....nice!

yours always.

Alex.x
ps.I still think it's fuel though.
pps.So do you like "acid jazz"??? crazy!!
JMo
26-09-2005, 10:26 PM
Didnt Peak Torque used to be in the Monkeys.....Oh Yes...

Hee hee - even better than the David Hasselhoff joke... (indeed, far far better x)

xxx
Pugi
27-09-2005, 01:29 AM
[ps. Don't even get me started on drum'n'bass, or R'n'B for that matter - grrrrrrrrr...[/QUOTE]

As long as you like rock...

(No, not american teenage bands with guitars, that think they are 'hardcore')
JMo
27-09-2005, 02:03 AM
As long as you like rock...

(No, not american teenage bands with guitars, that think they are 'hardcore')

You mean those twa tty 'Noo'metal' bands?, I totally agree...

I'm much more of an 80's rocker (erm, were you born then?) - Def Leppard, Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Gun's and Roses even (on a good day) and perhaps a bit of ver Maiden - just as long as there is a bit of comedy with it...

xxx
A Yerbury
27-09-2005, 07:25 AM
You mean those twa tty 'Noo'metal' bands?, I totally agree...

I'm much more of an 80's rocker (erm, were you born then?) - Def Leppard, Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Gun's and Roses even (on a good day) and perhaps a bit of ver Maiden - just as long as there is a bit of comedy with it...

xxx

some chap next door (at work) is a big "MANOWAR" fan, are they any good?
yours with air guitar.
AY.x
The Kevlar Kid
27-09-2005, 11:20 AM
ps.I still think it's fuel though.

Nope.....

Sounds like clutch to me.

If the revs shoot up (thus the engine is spinning faster) but the drive doesn't increase, it means it isn't being transferred properly (or you're using an elastic band instead of a chain).
cerebus
27-09-2005, 12:11 PM
Actually I am using a rubber band for a chain, but that's another story....

That's what I was thinking Kevlar Kid.

I'm waiting for a new (non-elastic) chain and sprockets to arrive in the post, so as I'll need to get the tools out to change those, maybe I'll have a look at the clutch at the same time.

Cerebus the slippy
Chappers
27-09-2005, 02:03 PM
Mine is a M600, 23,000 miles, 2001 and mine did the exact same thing around 21,000 miles so PeteS4 put a new clutch in and then it was fine :)

Think that was the only decent thing he did on my bike :rolleyes:
cerebus
27-09-2005, 03:31 PM
Ah interesting, thanks Chappers.

Mine's going a bit earlier so maybe I'm heavier on the clutch (I'm probably just heavier :) )

Thanks all, better start looking for some clutch plates.


Cerebus - losing his grip
Pedro
27-09-2005, 03:56 PM
Ah interesting, thanks Chappers.

Mine's going a bit earlier so maybe I'm heavier on the clutch (I'm probably just heavier :) )

Thanks all, better start looking for some clutch plates.


Cerebus - losing his grip

You've not used car oil by any chance?
Pugi
27-09-2005, 04:08 PM
I'm much more of an 80's rocker (erm, were you born then?) - Def Leppard, Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Gun's and Roses even (on a good day) and perhaps a bit of ver Maiden - just as long as there is a bit of comedy with it...


I actually was, you old fart...but thanks for the compliment. ;)
Never the less, your taste in music is as good as choice of bike. :twisted:
spacemonkey
27-09-2005, 04:44 PM
What? With David Lee Roth in the line up? Unforgivable....

Now where's my Roxette cd hiding?
Pugi
27-09-2005, 06:16 PM
Now where's my Roxette cd hiding?

The shame....
A Yerbury
27-09-2005, 06:42 PM
I actually was, you old fart...but thanks for the compliment. ;)
Never the less, your taste in music is as good as choice of bike. :twisted:

steady now, she is also partial to Dire Straits and the wurzels....
cerebus
27-09-2005, 08:29 PM
Pedro, no I haven't been using car oil.

Cerebus
spacemonkey
28-09-2005, 03:18 PM
The Wurzels? well, That will cancel out the DLR affliction then. Maybe she has some taste then after all. Oo-aar!
JMo
28-09-2005, 08:10 PM
The Wurzels? - where did you get that from Benny dahling?!

Mark Knopfler on the other hand - he da' man (as the kids say these days, bless their ineloquent little souls...)

Wey eye mon etc.

xxx
claicerrig
28-09-2005, 08:43 PM
Bon Jovi

Croke Park Ireland 20 May 2006 Bring it OOOONNNNNN :bunny: :bunny: :D
A Yerbury
28-09-2005, 10:01 PM
Don't be coy princess, I saw you eyeing up the "wurzels greatest" in Bristol. It's irony though which is alright!

Yours.
Ben&Jerry.xxx