Recent content by The Gribbler

I met with the guy from regular car reviews a few months ago and he did a review on my 05 Busa! Its pretty funny:

Check the manual. The legit way to do it is with a caliper and measure the thickness of each disk. How old is the clutch and how hard are you on it?

*Sparking

Mine does that a little too. Its a bit annoying. I plugged in my powercommander to the computer so that i could see what my real RPM was and I set it between 1050 and 1100. It fluctuates a bit which probably isn't the way its supposed to be but its not throwing any dealer codes.

Do you feel regular pressure when you squeeze the clutch lever? Problem may be down at the slave/ release cylinder.

This exact thing happened to me, and my wife and I pushed the bike A MILE BACK TO MY HOUSE. Read my post above and your problem will probably be fixed. If you get stranded just crack the slave cylinder bleed screw and your clutch will function again for a while. Pain in the rear but it will get...

The line is likely partially blocked or even collapsed. There is enough pressure to push past the blockage, but the clutch springs don't have enough pressure to push the fluid back through the blockage toward the reservoir, thus the clutch is pretty much frozen open. I fixed it without replacing...

Consider other problems in the starting circuit. If the tip over switch fell off of its mount or broke for example, that will easily keep your bike from starting. I had that issue and went insane trying to find the problem. Fix costed me nothing once I found the problem. I am fairly certain my...

If the bike is firing, I would probably rule out a safety. I would bet it is something with the fuel system. Check out this link: https://www.hayabusa.org/forum/busa-problems/146658-fuel-pump-cleaning-06-a.html There are a lot of things in the fuel system that could be affecting it. That guy...

From what I am reading, it sounds like your shift fork may be bent. IF that is the situation, unfortunately you gotta split the case to get to it. Hopefully its something simpler... Are you positive that temperature affects it? Clutches are easy to replace, tons of Youtube videos on it. Also...

There is another thread pretty similar to this one... Like I said in the last one, troubleshoot the simple stuff first. Sounds to me like you need to rule out the clutch being worn first. But the issue is you cant really test it the same way at WOT in 3rd gear without having your license...

I would be sure that it is not just clutch slippage before getting rid of the bike. If its jumping dogs on second gear I imagine it will make some bad noises. Clutch slippage is silent and its possible that you are only in the early stages of it where it only slips when you hit a strong point in...

Basically its not as smooth as it was before. When I just crack the throttle the bike surges forward. When I am trying to just maintain my speed and the RPM is below 3k it lurches forward and back. God forbid I have to roll on to the throttle in a turn under 3k. Its pretty unsettling. Any idea...

My bike has similar symptoms... I look in my tank and it looks good from the top. On yours could you see that there was rust in it?

I'm game for meeting up and doing some trips... UP trip sounds fun. Open invitation?