Hi, I have an older 200 blaster(not sure of the year.) I haven't started It in about a year and a half. Me and a few friends went ridin so I decided to dig it out of the shop n start it up. I filled it full of fresh gas and oil and it started and ran great, cept one big problem, it won't move. I can put it into first gear and let out the clutch and it will not move. I can rap it out while in first and sometimes it will like start moving almost as if its going into gear. Once you finally get it moving it will almost slowly fall into gear. Almost as if my clutch is going out? Bad transmission? Doesn't feel like its shifting right, almost as if the gears aren't even there. It's unlike anything I've ever seen and if you guys can't help I'm just gunna tear it down and put a new clutch and transmission in. Any help or ideas are greatly appreciated. Clutch seems to be fully engaging and disengaging also.......
Blaster won't move!!
- Thread starter Aeromycin
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You said its been sitting for a year? Clutch plates probably need to be worked a little. Pull clutch lever in repeatedly?
Yeah but we've worked it a lot... It idled for about 6 hours yesterday and WHEN it would move everyonce in awhile after rapping it completely out to get it moving it'd act as though it'd start falling into gears... Idk it's really wierd. And then when I'd get off and let it idle and get back on it it'd do the same thing... I'd put it in first, let out the clutch and it wouldn't do anything but sit there and idle.
dont let it idle for over a couple minutes, these things are air cooled so when there not moving there not getting cooled, and heat is the enemy of these motors
Ya it's clutch related. Trannies are pretty stout. Is there ANY oil in the trans? Regardless, with all the ideling and trying to ride it odds are you finished smoking the clutch. When you drain the oil let us know about how much was in there. FYI, you need to soak the new fiber in oil for a decent amount of time before installation.
your clutch plates are stuck together and wont free up your more than likely gonna need clutch plates after sitting for over a year and from rapping on them. my first actions on a bike than has been sitting is to change the oil it tells you how the bike is really doing. then checked the plates and the inner hub/outter clutch hub.
Yeah they recomend soaking them for 24 hours. After sitting for so long I am sure they dried out, and then you burned them up trying to get it going. Replace the clutch its only like thirty bucks and some new oil.
Thanks guys, I'm gunna just go ahead and replace the clutch. I changed the oil shortly after first starting it. Oil was grey and looked nasty, almost appeared burned? So all I'm gunna need for the clutch are just the plates and let them sit in a tub of fresh oil for a day? Btw there didn't seem to be enough oil in it when I changed it.
I have a ml plastic pitcher it gets filled to 750 ml and thats all that goes into the bike but yea silvery grey is a bad sign that it's been sitting to long a $70 set of plates and fibers are probably needed and some quality oil like amsoil 10-30 or 10-40 weight motorcycle oil or what I use is the signature series blue bottle it looks the same but less oil changes and slightly better.
Might look into getting one with heavier springs too, only a little more $$$ I've got a magnum clutch
