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Rear Tire Didn't Engage/Slipped while starting up
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Sitting at stop sign, waiting my turn, slight hill (it is San Fran).
Give it gas. Nothing happens. No forward movement. WTF?
Give it gas again - rear wheel slips, but no forward movement. Wobbles a bit. Double WTF?
Give it gas third time - finally engages.
No problems rest of the ride (20 mins or so)

Road was dry. Was this the clutch not engaging? Something else? How concerned should I be? Supposed to go on 3-4 hr ride up coast.

Thanks!
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Milage? thinking belt or clutches worn. Hills will shorten the clutch life I am sure.
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Re: Rear Tire Didn't Engage/Slipped while starting up
vitomatt wrote:
Sitting at stop sign, waiting my turn, slight hill (it is San Fran).
Give it gas. Nothing happens. No forward movement. WTF?
Give it gas again - rear wheel slips, but no forward movement. Wobbles a bit. Double WTF?
Give it gas third time - finally engages.
No problems rest of the ride (20 mins or so)

Road was dry. Was this the clutch not engaging? Something else? How concerned should I be? Supposed to go on 3-4 hr ride up coast.

Thanks!
When you say "rear wheel slips", do you mean it didn't rotate or do you mean that it spun on the pavement? If it's the latter, then it was simply a road condition issue. If it was the former, then it's a clutch issue. BTW, another great mp3 Haiku.
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Re: Rear Tire Didn't Engage/Slipped while starting up
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing - clutch or road condition. But unfortunately, Im not certain. The second time though the rear tire did seem to spin on pavement - as if the tire tried to grip the road but couldnt and the bike shimmied to the left a little....

Re miles - less than 5000. Already on second clutch.... Last check belt was good...
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Re: Rear Tire Didn't Engage/Slipped while starting up
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Re miles - less than 5000. Already on second clutch.... Last check belt was good...
Damn, I've got 9400 miles on my MP3-500 and my 1st clutch is still holding fine. Something isn't right with that!
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Re: Rear Tire Didn't Engage/Slipped while starting up
EdInBTR wrote:
vitomatt wrote:
Re miles - less than 5000. Already on second clutch.... Last check belt was good...
Damn, I've got 9400 miles on my MP3-500 and my 1st clutch is still holding fine. Something isn't right with that!
You live in Louisiana. Kinda flat down there, last I checked. We got them there hills in San Fran. Makes a huge difference on the clutch.
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