Clunk!

Rocky ST · Jul 14, 2017

When I first bought the bike a couple of months ago,but only ridden it 1/2 dozen times,from cold it always had a bit of a clunk putting it into 1st gear,but now the clunk has got considerably worse & has even started doing it from warm?

Upt' North · Jul 14, 2017

Sorry to hear it.
I would start with checking the bushing in the lever and that the lever push rod is in place. Then bleed the clutch.
Hope it helps.
Upt'North.

Slydynbye · Jul 14, 2017

Some clunk is normal
If you are just starting up, you might have the choke on and therefore the Idle would be higher than 1100rpms
Higher idle = louder clunk. Reduce the choke to get the idle lower as you shift to first.

Bush · Jul 14, 2017

Always a clunk going into first.

Dale_I · Jul 14, 2017

Mine's a clunker... but she runs great!

Oldbikefixr · Jul 14, 2017

My gearbox is also a noisy shifter. Sounds fine in between shifts.

RedMotion · Jul 14, 2017

Synthetic oil will quiet the shifting down to some degree.

Dale_I · Jul 15, 2017

I didn't have luck with synthetic. I went back to Delo after trying Bel Ray and Schaeffer's. Getting to first from neutral always give me the clunk though.

FieSTa45 · Jul 15, 2017

RedMotion said:
Synthetic oil will quiet the shifting down to some degree.

+1 on the synthetic oil improving the clunk

John OoSTerhuis · Jul 15, 2017

24 years and 188k - no clunk. Always use synth blend oil, Golden Spectro and now Pro Honda. "Snick" beST describes it, firST and every other gear. FWIW Hey, it's a '91, they got it right, right off.

John :STOC: Ten Fifty-Eight

Rocky ST · Jul 17, 2017

Thanks for all the info guys. I started the bike this morning & let it fully warm up so the choke was off this morning and put in into first,no clunk. I'll still give it a oil & filter change just to be safe though.

Clunk!

Rocky ST

Upt' North

Slydynbye

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Bush

Dale_I

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Oldbikefixr

RedMotion

Dale_I

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FieSTa45

John OoSTerhuis

Life Is Good!

Rocky ST