Frank Angerano

You can’t bump start a centrifugal clutch. It works on expansion and revolutions. The faster it spins the weights in the clutch expand grabbing the housing and the wheels spin. Im not 100% familiar with your engine without looking at a manual as well as the angle of the pics you sent but if you removed the clutch off of that shaft and your seeing shear marks I would guess that’s your problem.

That’s not a clutch!!!!!!!!!! But like you said new to this you are. That’s a break cylinder. And that’s a break lever. I knew you were not explaining it correctly.

How does the lever feel when you pull it in? There should be a spring loaded type pressure. If so and you can see the clutch expands on pulling the lever then it’s working. It’s most likely something internal. Maybe a shaft or gear and will involve pulling the flywheel and exposing as much as you can without splitting the engine. If not then your going to have to yank the engine. But before you do all that. Have you checked the drivetrain to see that any of the drive shafts and yolks are not broken including the rear differential? Start with the simple stuff first before you go deep.

If you can fix that wire for a quick test that would help. Take an amp probe and put it around the wire with and without the high beams on. See what your reading. That’s the first thing I would do. If that wire is coming from a relay then there’s a problem with the wire set up. Maybe an overload on that one wire where there shouldn’t be. But do that test first and see what the amperage is.

Your not being clear ! Does the bike have a clutch lever ????? I don’t think that bike has a clutch lever but your saying yes so be clear on what your saying and we can help.

Nice work brother. Yes compression should bout roughly about 90 to 120. So that’s weird to see. Could have just been some junk in the rings. Glad to hear it’s up and running. Ride safe.

As long as it’s in neutral it should not have resistance with or without the clutch. So if you put it in first gear or any gear for that matter the engine should resist with the clutch out and very little resistance with it pulled in. So first I would go through all the gears one by one and see that it’s changing gears properly. After that I would look at the clutch actuator that expands the clutch. It’s the lever on the side of the engine where the clutch cable connects to. There is a shaft back there and that rolls the clutch out. Based on the metal chunks it sounds like you maybe blew a gear.

What are you pressure testing ? Compression? Cooling system?

Happy father’s day to all the dads out there, have a great day.

Well done brother. Just paying it forward. Ride safe.

When you move the clutch actuator anything happen ?

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Don’t give up. There always an answer. Just going to have to work through it.

I agree and like that idea as well thy @davefrombc definitely will loosen things up.

Nothing wrong with that!

Can you post a pic of that tank ?

You could but it has to be done by a professional that knows what they are doing and then pressure tested etc. might as well pay the $200 for a new one.

@Ajmboy that would be cool brother!

Have you checked the air intake ? Seems starved for air ? Or the choke is not stuck closed ?

It’s just a vent hose that should wrap up and around the rear of the gas tank. 3 turns out seems a little bit much. I was thinking about 2-1/2 to 2-3/4 at most.

I’m sure it has to do with some dumb law but hey at least they make it so you can drill it out. Good luck brother and ride safe.

What’s the year ? If that tank is in solid condition structurally then I would make up a tip for your compressor with maybe a 16 inch long piece of flexible copper tube and pinch the tip a little for better pressure. Angle the copper as needed to get inside. Stick it in the tank and blow the sh** out of it. Hit all sides and the bottom and creases as best possible. Then fill it half way with boiling hot water, add Dawn kitchen dishwashing soap put the cap on and shake the tank good. Spill it out and rinse it all out good with a hose. Blow it out again to get the rest of the junk and water out. Then hit it with a hair dryer on hot so all the water inside dries up and creates no rust. Spray the inside all around with WD 40 and let it sit a day. I would put a quarter tank of gasoline in it put the cap on and swish it around and dump it into a clean bucket and see if you get any more flakes or dirt.

From an oil change ? I’m not so sure about that but I guess you know your bike better than me. Glad the bike ran good.

Looks like a good clay surface to run on. The bike sounds like it’s ruining good and had some nice speed. Any issues with the bikes?

Good work kiddo. Have you tried to fire it up yet with the timing correction?