Modern Vespa

Hey everyone,

I'm having a strange problem with my px125 motor.

Recently fitted a 7spring p200 clutch. When the engine is hot I am having problems pulling away from a stop. It feels like it is bogging down and as I release the clutch, instead of pulling away smoothly it lurches forward then stops.

It's like i can't slip the clutch. It's either engaged or not. If I'm on an incline it's a nightmare. Once I'm moving it works fine and if in slow moving traffic it's fine. This only happens when I come to a complete stop and go to pull away.

Any ideas??

Thanks

isn't there a brass shim in there that helps stop this lurching...?

+1 on the shim plus did you soak the plates in oil.

Check the easy bits first.

Oh is the clutch a after market part?

Grumpy

I "enjoyed" similar symptoms during the 2012 Cannonball. It was actually the clutch basket/pressure plate that had notched that was causing the problem. Shifting while moving wasn't too bad, but starting from a dead stop was just a bit challenging.

Wow. That is notched to hell! Hadn't seen one as bad as that.

bad cush gear causes that

Hey, thanks for the replies.

The plates were soaked for a week before installation and the shim was in place.

The unit was from beedspeed and was aftermarket yes. It had been heat treated though.

I'll strip it down and see if it's notched. The unit hasn't even seen 100 miles yet.

Thanks

Also meant to say the Cush drive was also rebuilt when the new clutch went in but not sure if spiderwebs comment was meant for me or classic riders image.

Cheers

Hello

Some of the after market clutch baskets do not have the slots deep enough and it causes all sorts of strange problems.

Good Luck

Grumpy

The words aftermarket and Beedspeed do not bode well for this tale.
Pretty sure most of their stuff is pretty poor quality.

I've got stuff from Beedspeed before and it was mostly really really really really shitty.

I bought a stator plate from them and right from the word go produced such a week spark that the bike would not idle (bad ignition coil). The stator was the shitty Swiss brand.