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I know this is a Kat forum, but looking for some insight. I can pick up a 2001 YZF600 for cheap. It's got 8,000 miles, but it's currently making some noise. This is the listing:
"Great starter bike. New chain, sprockets, and rear brake.
Will need clutch work because its making a weird noise. I read up on it, doesn't seem like it's going to take much to fix but I'm not mechanically inclined and I have two full time jobs.
Email me if you'd like to see pictures. This bike really is perfect for a beginner or someone who just needs something cheap that's good on gas.
I can not and will not hold. I'm renovating a house and I'm in need of the cash."
In talking to him, this is what I've gotten. The noise started immediately after he replaced the clutch cable. It calls it a terrible rattling noise, says it sounds like change in the dryer. He says that sometimes it makes the noise, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it's immediately on start-up, other times when you pick the bike up off the kickstand, and other times not until you put it in gear. He says it goes into gear just find. From research he did, he thinks it's one of three things: clutch cable installed incorrectly, cover not bolted on properly, or pressure plate is bad. I don't have much experience with street bikes, but I did grow up riding motocross. I've replaced a clutch cable on a dirtbike. Is there any real way to do it wrong? Any insight at all on what it could be would be greatly appreciated. I can pick it up for $750. If it's something simple that I could fix real cheap, I'd love to get a deal like that. But if it's something that's going to cost me $1000, I'd rather just buy something else.
"Great starter bike. New chain, sprockets, and rear brake.
Will need clutch work because its making a weird noise. I read up on it, doesn't seem like it's going to take much to fix but I'm not mechanically inclined and I have two full time jobs.
Email me if you'd like to see pictures. This bike really is perfect for a beginner or someone who just needs something cheap that's good on gas.
I can not and will not hold. I'm renovating a house and I'm in need of the cash."
In talking to him, this is what I've gotten. The noise started immediately after he replaced the clutch cable. It calls it a terrible rattling noise, says it sounds like change in the dryer. He says that sometimes it makes the noise, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it's immediately on start-up, other times when you pick the bike up off the kickstand, and other times not until you put it in gear. He says it goes into gear just find. From research he did, he thinks it's one of three things: clutch cable installed incorrectly, cover not bolted on properly, or pressure plate is bad. I don't have much experience with street bikes, but I did grow up riding motocross. I've replaced a clutch cable on a dirtbike. Is there any real way to do it wrong? Any insight at all on what it could be would be greatly appreciated. I can pick it up for $750. If it's something simple that I could fix real cheap, I'd love to get a deal like that. But if it's something that's going to cost me $1000, I'd rather just buy something else.
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