Hi Jared, I am sorry if I am confused, but I thought the 83 650 had a hydraulic clutch, i.e., no cables. If you have a brake fluid reservoir on the left side, then is hydraulic. In that case you might need to bleed the system, or perhaps rebuilt the master cylinder. Hopefully someone else here can give a more concrete advice.
Javier. On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 12:55 PM, Jared Clifton <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey all, > Another silly newbie question from me. I am a new rider, and love my '83 > Nighthawk 650, except for one thing. The friction zone on the clutch lever > is nearly all the way out. As a new rider, this is causing me significant > issues starting in 1st gear (and starting on any sort of hill is nearly > impossible) without killing the engine. It's just a lot of travel in the > lever before the clutch engages, and I'm having a hard time coordinating > that. I'm getting used to it, and getting better, but I wondered if there > was any way to adjust the lever to put the friction zone a bit more in the > center of the lever's travel? I know on some bikes there are a couple of > screws you can adjust to adjust the cable tension, but I wasn't sure about > this on my bike. Is that normal behavior for these bikes? Or is it > something that is adjustable? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
