Would you trust taking an EX500 LA to Chicago?

derf · 07-04-2009, 10:26 AM

Well first, what kind of noise is coming from the clutch? When i had a 500, I started to get a funky noise from the clutch area, turned out that one of the clutch plates had sheared in and and was sorta just bouncing around in there. The clutch though is pretty robust and was lifted right off the GPZ1100, but apparently mine just failed. I wound up buying a used clutch basked and just swapped the old for the new and the bike has gone almost 10k since.

Other than checking the clutch noise I say go for it.

07-04-2009, 10:26 AM	#6
derf token jewboy Join Date: Nov 2008 Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man Posts: 10,799	Well first, what kind of noise is coming from the clutch? When i had a 500, I started to get a funky noise from the clutch area, turned out that one of the clutch plates had sheared in and and was sorta just bouncing around in there. The clutch though is pretty robust and was lifted right off the GPZ1100, but apparently mine just failed. I wound up buying a used clutch basked and just swapped the old for the new and the bike has gone almost 10k since. Other than checking the clutch noise I say go for it. __________________