Posted by theraven on March 17, 2007, 10:29 pm
I have a 1990 Virago 1100 that was stored (actually parked in my dad's
garage) since 1999. It only has 19,000 miles and if I hit the
throttle hard the bike revs up, but accelerates slowly (I suspect the
clutch is slipping). Will I need to replace the clutch friction
plates? or is this an easier fix?
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The Raven
Posted by Rayvan on March 17, 2007, 10:55 pm
On Mar 17, 6:29 pm, thera...@mcloudteleco.com wrote:
> I have a 1990 Virago 1100 that was stored (actually parked in my dad's
> garage) since 1999. It only has 19,000 miles and if I hit the
> throttle hard the bike revs up, but accelerates slowly (I suspect the
> clutch is slipping). Will I need to replace the clutch friction
> plates? or is this an easier fix?
> --
> The Raven
The clutch plates are likely sludged up from years of non-use while
soaked in oil. You may be able to save the clutch plates by removing
them and cleaning them, but they're cheap and easy to replace so you
may as well just replace 'em. Replace the springs too. Not difficult
at all.
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The Rayvan
Posted by theraven on March 17, 2007, 11:04 pm
> On Mar 17, 6:29 pm, thera...@mcloudteleco.com wrote:
> > I have a 1990 Virago 1100 that was stored (actually parked in my dad's
> > garage) since 1999. It only has 19,000 miles and if I hit the
> > throttle hard the bike revs up, but accelerates slowly (I suspect the
> > clutch is slipping). Will I need to replace the clutch friction
> > plates? or is this an easier fix?
> > --
> > The Raven
> The clutch plates are likely sludged up from years of non-use while
> soaked in oil. You may be able to save the clutch plates by removing
> them and cleaning them, but they're cheap and easy to replace so you
> may as well just replace 'em. Replace the springs too. Not difficult
> at all.
> --
> The Rayvan
I guess I also have to spring for the repair manual. Will I have to
jettison the oil that I just changed?
Posted by Rayvan on March 18, 2007, 12:19 am
On Mar 17, 7:04 pm, thera...@mcloudteleco.com wrote:
> > On Mar 17, 6:29 pm, thera...@mcloudteleco.com wrote:
> > > I have a 1990 Virago 1100 that was stored (actually parked in my dad's
> > > garage) since 1999. It only has 19,000 miles and if I hit the
> > > throttle hard the bike revs up, but accelerates slowly (I suspect the
> > > clutch is slipping). Will I need to replace the clutch friction
> > > plates? or is this an easier fix?
> > > --
> > > The Raven
> > The clutch plates are likely sludged up from years of non-use while
> > soaked in oil. You may be able to save the clutch plates by removing
> > them and cleaning them, but they're cheap and easy to replace so you
> > may as well just replace 'em. Replace the springs too. Not difficult
> > at all.
> > --
> > The Rayvan
> I guess I also have to spring for the repair manual. Will I have to
> jettison the oil that I just changed?- Hide quoted text -
> - Show quoted text -
Probably not. You may lose a couple of ounces...
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Rayvan
Posted by Beav on March 18, 2007, 7:20 am
> On Mar 17, 6:29 pm, thera...@mcloudteleco.com wrote:
>> I have a 1990 Virago 1100 that was stored (actually parked in my dad's
>> garage) since 1999. It only has 19,000 miles and if I hit the
>> throttle hard the bike revs up, but accelerates slowly (I suspect the
>> clutch is slipping). Will I need to replace the clutch friction
>> plates? or is this an easier fix?
>>
>> --
>> The Raven
> The clutch plates are likely sludged up from years of non-use while
> soaked in oil. You may be able to save the clutch plates by removing
> them and cleaning them,
Then severely re-oiling them.
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> garage) since 1999. It only has 19,000 miles and if I hit the
> throttle hard the bike revs up, but accelerates slowly (I suspect the
> clutch is slipping). Will I need to replace the clutch friction
> plates? or is this an easier fix?
> --
> The Raven