Oil causing clutch slip

Schwany · Sep 4, 2022

KiwiShane said:
I agree ...two things...Skill & Experience

Kind of cool what one can do automatically and call it luck if comfortable riding a motorcycle. I've avoided some nasties, but not all bad situations are avoidable. Outcome here was a good one.

KiwiShane · Sep 4, 2022

Schwany said:
Kind of cool what one can do automatically and call it luck if comfortable riding a motorcycle. I've avoided some nasties, but not all bad situations are avoidable. Outcome here was a good one.

Its also uncanny when someone has a accident and thankfully don't get to hurt...and the first thing you hear people say is.... "shit he was lucky"

MichaelB · Sep 4, 2022

baz said:
I have managed to sort it now
When I stripped the clutch I found there was barely any oil on the plates
I removed the cork from the back of the first plate to allow clearance and added an extra friction plate and an extra plain plate
No more slipping
I was out on it last night and as I was coming off a roundabout i nearly got taken out by an oncoming Mercedes overtaking a car he was on my side of the road
My side of the bollard
He went the wrong way around the roundabout!!!!

Sure glad you're OK.
I can see that happening to a Yank visiting, getting confused.
Over here, everything is stay right. Would be completely normal to go right....
Like I said, sure glad you're OK......

concours · Oct 9, 2022

I didn't go the wrong way on a roundabout, but, in Donegal, I stopped to pee, near the bridge of tears, my riding partners went far ahead. After answering the call, Tony the Tiger & I took off full tilt bozo to catch up. "Gee whiz, that car a half mile away seems to be on my side of the road..."

Oh, wait, I AM on the wrong side... nonchalant fade to the left... nothing to see here...

concours · Oct 24, 2022

baz said:
The b50 shares the engine oil in the primary unfortunately
And you can't easily fit an oil seal
The oil appears to stay out of the clutch basket to a good degree
Just the chain dips in the oil and the oil height is kept level by the vent hole
I should add that when the car was on my side of the road I panic braked
I locked the front wheel up
The bars went full lock left
I released the brake and the bike straightened up
I got between the car and pavement
I use this road every day for work and I look at that part of the road and can't believe I got through!!

GREAT riding!

Fast Eddie · Oct 25, 2022

concours said:
I didn't go the wrong way on a roundabout, but, in Donegal, I stopped to pee, near the bridge of tears, my riding partners went far ahead. After answering the call, Tony the Tiger & I took off full tilt bozo to catch up. "Gee whiz, that car a half mile away seems to be on my side of the road..."

Oh, wait, I AM on the wrong side... nonchalant fade to the left... nothing to see here...

It’s easy enough to do in a car even though you have a clear reference point with the steering wheel. On a bike you have no reference point so it’s even easier to get wrong.

A tip I learnt when taking a bike to a country that drives on the wrong side, was to wrap bright insulation tape around the kerb side mirror. It really helps as a quick mental check / reference point.

baz · Oct 25, 2022

Fast Eddie said:
It’s easy enough to do in a car even though you have a clear reference point with the steering wheel. On a bike you have no reference point so it’s even easier to get wrong.

A tip I learnt when taking a bike to a country that drives on the wrong side, was to wrap bright insulation tape around the kerb side mirror. It really helps as a quick mental check / reference point.

When I ride abroad I always swap my clutch and brake levers and throttle over
It works for me !!!

Triton Thrasher · Oct 25, 2022

baz said:
When I ride abroad I always swap my clutch and brake levers and throttle over
It works for me !!!

I sit facing the back of the bike.

baz · Oct 25, 2022

Triton Thrasher said:
I sit facing the back of the bike.

I did that for a while but I found it ridiculously hard to be operate the side stand !

texasSlick · Oct 25, 2022

The only time I've driven in a "wrong sided" country was in the Bahamas. On a narrow road (there are no wide ones there, at least not then) I saw an on coming driver weaving all over the road. I decided best course of action was to get off the road as far as possible, so I steered the car into the jungle on the left side and stopped. The on coming vehicle side swiped my rear quarter panel and did not stop. When I filed a report at the next town along my way, the Constable took my report on a yellow legal pad and wrote down my testimony. When I said I pulled off the road on the left, he wrote LEFT and triple underlined it. Then I said I stopped, and he wrote HE STOPPED and triple underlined it. Apparently, under Bahamian Law, you can not be responsible for anything if you are stopped!

Slick

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