New install, no start up yet, clutch doesn't seem to be working

[Stan4d]

So that makes me wonder, is this "NOOB" dig at me or all "NOOBS" in general, .......... People asking the same questions can get old, but we found it easier and more welcoming to just answer them or politely pointing them in the right direction without drawing attention to it. I've found it takes just as much energy to give someone a quick answer as to tell them they are a "NOOB" who needs to learn to search.

Yooth, the "NOOB" term is not considered derogatory. It is simply referring to someone who has not learned how to use MBc. I know you have used many fourms. You showed that by posting in the correct place for your problem. (Many clutch issues are in the wrong place). Here we try to keep all posts concerning a problem in as few threads as possible. There have been many recent clutch problems like yours though. A quick answer and moving on might be easier, but directing them to the proper thread where the solution can easily be found or posted and kept makes it easier for future Noobs to find solutions to their problems. For example, did you read all the clutch related threads before posting? Search again and you will see why it would be important to keep the problems to as few threads as possible.

 

[Al.Fisherman]

Nobody questioned your long list, in fact, it was informative and I'm pretty sure you were praised for it. So that makes me wonder, is this "NOOB" dig at me or all "NOOBS" in general, because that is something I haven't noticed until now about this site. I have been a member of many online forums for years, one in fact for almost 10 years now, I have been a moderator and a staffer, and on that site we have avoided any "NOOB" talk because we were all there once. People asking the same questions can get old, but we found it easier and more welcoming to just answer them or politely pointing them in the right direction without drawing attention to it. I've found it takes just as much energy to give someone a quick answer as to tell them they are a "NOOB" who needs to learn to search. Not trying to start an argument, I was just offering some family friendly advice. Sorry for the sideline.

Anyway...

I have remounted the engine using the factory rear mount squarely on the seat tube, gotta look through my pile of junk for the correct scraps and fire up the welder for my front mount, once accomplished I will focus back on the clutch.

Look below and tell me what you missed in my post...ummm sounds like thin skin.

Why the long list?? I'm sure that like me you get tired of the same questions being asked time after time. Shows that some would rather ask then do a little search first. So I went through 100's of threads picking out a few that will help NOOBS like I was once. I'd do a search and find page after page of threads on the same subject. Picked some of what I thought would help the best and compiled a NOOB list. Wish I had come across something like this when I first started and was a NOOB NOOB NOOB like all of us were.

 

[Stan4d]

Now that that is taken care of.
Back to the topic: What have you found? Any more info?

 

[yoothgeye]

Now that that is taken care of.
Back to the topic: What have you found? Any more info?

I made a front engine mount insert out of a piece of a spring helper block made of urethane that I had laying around. The mount is solid. Then I installed the plug so the engine would not turn so freely. Put the tire to the ground (kitchen floor) and bumped it forward and the second time the clutch pads freed up. Thanks all.

So, last night I mixed some break in fuel (16:1) and decided to try going for a ride. Peddling down the sidewalk (at 10pm) a few clutch dumps and it started up. The heavy oil fuel isn't too fun, but it runs good. I rode around for a while, then packed it in before I got in trouble (no lights, no helmet) or got hurt.

Rode it to church this morning (no helmet) and pulled into the parking lot and there was a police car in the lot, I quickly went inside, so at lunch I went home and got my helmet (Fulmer ATV helmet, DOT stamp $4 yard sale). I took it out all around the streets and it's doing really good. I brought my GPS along, riding the bike and holding the GPS in my left hand the top speed on the break in fuel with no tuning is 31mph. Fast enough! haha

The engine has been pulled toward the chain a little, so I have to put it back and find some way to brace it from pulling that way. So now the chain is loose and rubbing my tire a little, but it's not trying to jump. Anyway... I'm happy, I'm just no good at break-in periods.

People have been staring, yelling, pulling over, basically breaking their necks to see what I'm on.

Here's the bike complete:
http://www.zuwharrie.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10054/done1.jpg

And here's a little closer view of the temporary tank setup:
http://www.zuwharrie.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10054/done2.jpg

 

[Al.Fisherman]

Inexpensive and a working solution.
http://www.motoredbikes.com/picture.php?albumid=1018&pictureid=6910

 

[yoothgeye]

Inexpensive and a working solution.
http://www.motoredbikes.com/picture.php?albumid=1018&pictureid=6910

In the photoI see the little "L" bracket, is it attached to the frame or just pushes against it?