jest2dogs
Just got it firing!
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- Nov 19, 2008
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Well, I read on another thread (somewhere in time and space) that Guzzi's have noisy (rattly) clutches. Mine certainly does...but not all the time. (Ducati's too, I hear. Something about a middle plate that flops loosely.) I have not determined, as yet, what set of conditions create the phenomenom. But it certainly isn't happening when I have Micha from MI standing next to the bike. On other occassions it will sound like the thing is falling apart. It sounds exactly like a bad throwout bearing that availed itself in older manual transmissioned Chevies I had as a youngster.
The sound occurs and is noticeable at idle (like at a stoplight) with the clutch lever out. The sound goes away when the clutch lever is pulled in. If the motor is shut off, and the bike restarted, the sound is generally not repeated. I have not been able to hear it underway (though there is a strange "rattle" heard at about 3,100 rpm from the front of the engine, especially cold, but again not when warm or when Micha is available). I imagine the clutch rattle is not heard when underway because it is related to neutral.
So, what is it that rattles? Why is it intermittent, and may it have something to do with the 3,100 rpm rattle? (BTW, valves were/are perfectly adjusted by Micha's crew). I would have let this go except that, yet on another thread somewhere, someone eluded to a warranteed clutch issue (no details). If the clutch has loose components why aren't they always loose? If it is a bad bearing (is there a bearing there?) why isn't it "bad" all the time?
One last thing, I am taking about a 1,000 mile trip next month, two-up and have no idea how to change the Breva's clutch cable should that be an issue. (Sidebar: The very first MG I met, and have since lusted after, was a 1976 LM1, and he snapped a cable soon after we met up, and nursed the bike to the only MG dealer in the state of Vermont/1977.) I have changed the Royal Enfield's clutch cable (from "snap" to all cleaned up and on the road) in 40 minutes. I don't hink it will be that easy on the Goose. (1981, snapped a clutch cable on the R90 Beemer and was underway in similar time as the Enfield).
Ponderation time mates! Thanks for any input.
-Jesse
2007 Breva 750
The sound occurs and is noticeable at idle (like at a stoplight) with the clutch lever out. The sound goes away when the clutch lever is pulled in. If the motor is shut off, and the bike restarted, the sound is generally not repeated. I have not been able to hear it underway (though there is a strange "rattle" heard at about 3,100 rpm from the front of the engine, especially cold, but again not when warm or when Micha is available). I imagine the clutch rattle is not heard when underway because it is related to neutral.
So, what is it that rattles? Why is it intermittent, and may it have something to do with the 3,100 rpm rattle? (BTW, valves were/are perfectly adjusted by Micha's crew). I would have let this go except that, yet on another thread somewhere, someone eluded to a warranteed clutch issue (no details). If the clutch has loose components why aren't they always loose? If it is a bad bearing (is there a bearing there?) why isn't it "bad" all the time?
One last thing, I am taking about a 1,000 mile trip next month, two-up and have no idea how to change the Breva's clutch cable should that be an issue. (Sidebar: The very first MG I met, and have since lusted after, was a 1976 LM1, and he snapped a cable soon after we met up, and nursed the bike to the only MG dealer in the state of Vermont/1977.) I have changed the Royal Enfield's clutch cable (from "snap" to all cleaned up and on the road) in 40 minutes. I don't hink it will be that easy on the Goose. (1981, snapped a clutch cable on the R90 Beemer and was underway in similar time as the Enfield).
Ponderation time mates! Thanks for any input.
-Jesse
2007 Breva 750
