Rapscallion

i get about 36 mpg on my cbr6f within london in winter and about 39 in summer (why is that?) about 46 at motorway speeds and less when having fun

Rapscallion

need some help from somone who knows more about engines than me (which i guess is just about everyone who posts on this thread )

on way home last night clutch went, manged to limp home the last 3/4 mile with the aid of a hill and not having to come to a complete stop

checked the bike - the clutch cable is still connected to the lever thingy on the side of the engine, and connected to the lever on the handlebars

however the lever thingy ont he side of the engine seems a bit loose and you can actually pull it out until it is stopped by the fairing.

now i dont know how this lever thingy connects to the clutch but imagine its broken and needs replacing or is it the whole clutch?

bike is a 51 plate with about 13000 miles, at least 5000 of which are communiting within london so maybe worth getting clutch replaced anyway??

thanks in advance gents

Welshman

It sounds like it is just the mechanism which is faulty. The clutch is probably fine. If the clutch itself was on its way out you would have noticed it. When the garage fix the mechanism they can have a look at the clutch and advise you.

Rapscallion

thanks.
clutch is definitely fine. just want to ensure when its taken to the garage (my usual one went under last year) they dont try and up their profits as it were!

Dan Hale

From the post, I can't make out exactly what you mean

It could be just that the clutch cable has snapped.

Or are you saying the lever the cable attaches to (non handlebar one) is loose?

Pics may help description

Rapscallion

engines and me - not on 1st name terms

the lever (which consists of the connection to the clutch caple which is itself set into a cone shaped piece of metal that runs into the engine) is loose and could be removed from its housing on the side of the engine

if you look at PL's cbr on page 134 you can see the cone shaped housing in which the lever mechanism (armco?) sits. if i removed the fairing i could pull it out.

my guess is that this lever connects to the clutch in some way and its this connection that is knackered

hth

cable is not snapped for sure

Nottm_S2

sounds like the actuator fork has broken? i would imagine to replace that they'll need to take the box off so maybe may as well fit a new friction plate?

Rapscallion

i am pretty sure they will have to take the box off so you are probably right.

MikeC'S2k

Could it not just be a snapped cable from what you're saying??

Rapscallion

nope thats the 1st thing i checked.

phoned the garage and they almost certain its this this acutator fork thingy.

thanks for help