Paola wrote:
Yesterday was a lovely sunny albeit cold day and we decided to take the H1D out of the garage that has been sitting since October, fitted the battery, checked the oil level, put in fresh petrol and it fired up on the third go! the problem was that once the gear was engaged, when the clutch was released, the bike stalled and stalled. there was no way to get going even though we warmed up the engine well, we tried, with the engine off but with the gear engaged, to move the motorcycle back and forth, but every effort was useless. The oil, ATF, was put new in April last year and has run exactly 1223km. The motorcycle has 43,000 km. we have had it for 12 years, bought it with 13,000 km but we don't know if the clutch had been changed, the motorcycle has always worked perfectly. Is it perhaps totally consumed?
When I got my H2, it had been sitting from 1977 till I got it 2 years ago. You better believe the plates were glued together. There was no salvaging the friction plates, especially since it had heavier springs than stock. The friction plates were bonded to the steel plates.
I'm a little confused by the responses though.
The engine running and with the clutch pulled first gear can be engaged, wouldn't that indicate the clutch plates are releasing? If the clutch plates were sticking together wouldn't it stall as soon as it was put in gear, not when the clutch lever was released?
Also, with the engine off and a gear engaged, even if the clutch was glued together, pushing the bike it should move a bit along with the engine rotating a little.