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So after about 100 miles round trip yesterday, I was headed home on the I-state. As I was exiting, I pull in the clutch to downshift and hear a nice "snap" as the lever goes into the bar. Unbelievably, I was able to downshift from 6'th to neutral and pull off the exit. Further, I was actually able to get a smooth start from N to 1st as I rode the sad miles home without assistance from the clutch. Let me just say that it is absolutely no fun approaching stopsigns/lights without a clutch. Between judicious speeding and dogging, I only really had to stop one more time. Sadly, that was the worst. Slight grade up and the bike stalled. I wonder how bad I munched things by starting it with the starter?! I felt so awful. Anyway, it wasn't the cable. It was the cable holder (the piece that is riveted to the clutch arm/rod) that broke in half. WTF? Anyway, if anybody has an extra :roll: , I'd be happy to buy it off you.
So, the really interesting thing is the downshifting. I could shift fairly easily down through the gears. No real crunching sounds, it just popped in as the revs came down enough to bog the higher gear. I didn't even get the compression braking once.
So, the really interesting thing is the downshifting. I could shift fairly easily down through the gears. No real crunching sounds, it just popped in as the revs came down enough to bog the higher gear. I didn't even get the compression braking once.