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Hello Everyone! I am a newbie and this is my first post. This is going to be kinda long, so you may want to grab a cup of coffee. My bike (1989 1500)had been sitting for a couple of years and I decided to start working on it. Carbs were gunked up, so I took them out cleaned them up and reinstalled them. Then I was going to do a oil change, took the bike out to warm up the oil and I didn't have any back brakes. I had to rebuild the rear caliper and I flushed out the old fluid. I decided that I should replace the fluid in the clutch and front brake as well. So, I started with the clutch and not paying attention, let the resevoir run dry. So, following the directions in Clymer, I was able to get the clutch working again, so I thought. When the bike is cold everything is fine. After about fifteen minutes of riding, If I try to accelerate, the RPM's go up, but the bike doesn't increase speed. If I let up on the throttle and ease into increasing the speed it will increase very slowly. When I got home, I put it in first gear, released the clutch lever and the bike would not move. Once it cooled off, I was able to ride again for about fifteen minutes and the same thing would happen again. Did I do something wrong when I bled the clutch (other than letting it run dry) or was it a coincidence and something else is wrong? Any advise, suggestions or comments would be greatly appreciated.
Hello Everyone! I am a newbie and this is my first post. This is going to be kinda long, so you may want to grab a cup of coffee. My bike (1989 1500)had been sitting for a couple of years and I decided to start working on it. Carbs were gunked up, so I took them out cleaned them up and reinstalled them. Then I was going to do a oil change, took the bike out to warm up the oil and I didn't have any back brakes. I had to rebuild the rear caliper and I flushed out the old fluid. I decided that I should replace the fluid in the clutch and front brake as well. So, I started with the clutch and not paying attention, let the resevoir run dry. So, following the directions in Clymer, I was able to get the clutch working again, so I thought. When the bike is cold everything is fine. After about fifteen minutes of riding, If I try to accelerate, the RPM's go up, but the bike doesn't increase speed. If I let up on the throttle and ease into increasing the speed it will increase very slowly. When I got home, I put it in first gear, released the clutch lever and the bike would not move. Once it cooled off, I was able to ride again for about fifteen minutes and the same thing would happen again. Did I do something wrong when I bled the clutch (other than letting it run dry) or was it a coincidence and something else is wrong? Any advise, suggestions or comments would be greatly appreciated.