I was wondering if anyone would have any ideas as to what is wrong with my 06 VFR.I decided I wanted to lay a little rubber down the other day and so I put my front brake on & revved her up a bit.I never hit the red line on my rpms. I never got any rubber laid down,but when I went to drive into my garage there is no power to the rear wheel.With the bike on the centrestand if I put it into first the rear wheel will spin slowly & will increase speed as I put on throttle.All my gears seem to click through.The one thing I notice is that it's relatively easy to spin the rear wheel with the bike turned off even when it's in gear.This is not the case when I do the same thing with my FJ.This is the first time that I've done anything that would be considered hard on the bike. I bought it brand new & it only has 8000km on it.I usually baby it. I'd appreciate any input regarding this. Thanks VFRFast
sound like you shattered one or more of the clutch disks to me. I would drop thhe pan and pull the clutch cover and see what you find.
Holding the front brake will also apply the rear brake. Remember these bikes have a linked braking system. -So you essentially let the clutch out with the rear brake applied and likely wore through the clutch.
Thanks for the replys Thanks for the replys! I was leaning towards the clutch being screwed.Hoping it wasn't the gears themselves. Also never considered the linked brakes.DUHHH.I've seen guys on U-tube doing burnouts.Thought I'd try it.It was a momentary bit of idiocy that I'll likely end up paying $$$$ for!I'll never do anything abusive again to my bike. VFRFast
Holding the front brake at a stand still does NOT apply the rear brake. I don't recall the particulars, something about a secondary master cylinder on the front caliper. Braking force pushes it forward, activating the rear brake. Try it... Put the bike on the centerstand, gas in gear, grab front brake, watch rear tire continue to spin.
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Don't think so, but I could be wrong. The rear brakes are connected to a secondary cylinder with its own piston on the front wheel, that much is true. When the rear brakes are applied the front secondary cylinder actuates that single piston applying a certain amount of front braking. When the FRONT brakes are applied the FRONT pistons push the pads, but the key word is "Push". They push them away from the secondary pot. The secondary pot isn't affected by the front brakes, it just sits there doing nothing, so there is no back pressure into the rear system. Even if that weren't the case it would be a simple matter to put a check valve in the system to prevent that from happening. I also would be interested in knowing what ultimately happened though.
Well, if you got the rpm's up and didn't lay down any rubber, weren't you a little worried at that point? BTW, a burnout is easier to start when you're pointing downhill, I'm told.
VFRFast had Pm'd be after I chimed in on this thread, so I decided to follow up with him. Here's the response I got: Edit: I merged his pm and profile message above That's a hard learned lesson...
THAT was a really dumb thing to do, and now you're paying for your immaturity, sorry ! I suspect you was 'a drinkin,' zat right ??
