How to adjust a motorcycle clutch cable

[MrSniper]

Man, this was the best and most easy-to-understand video on clutch cable adjustment that I've found! Excellent explanation! I have a 2004 Yamaha Road Star Midnight Silverado XV1700. The guy I bought it from had tried to do his own maintenance on it. His clutch cable adjustment was horrible. As soon as you said, "If you pull your clutch lever in, and the bike 'chunks' into gear....", my ears perked up. That's exactly what it was doing! I made the adjustment as you described, and now the bike just 'clicks' into gear, the way it SHOULD. Thanks for this video. I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to make a clutch cable adjustment.

[Broadcastfish]

This is the only video on older bike that didn't waste my time. Good job man and thank you.

[bobnob]

Thanks slot! Really helpful. Some mechanic adjusted mine earlier. All was fine apart from the top gear slippage which he obviously could not test. But now I can fix it. Brilliant.

[michaellongo]

Your basic explanation of which way the knuckle moves was clear & concise. Thank You!

[mariasm]

Holy shiteballs, mate, it worked! You’ve just helped me save a lot of traffic embarrassment, and somewhere between hundreds of dollars and the life of an old Yamaha XJ. Thanks be to you, good Sir!

[JM-rwje]

Man, thank you so much, like 9 years later, this video stills gets riders on the track again

[jamesy]

Thanks so much, I did this and my clutch was slipping at high speeds no bueno. Couldn't find any video to fix this until now you explained it very well. Thanks!

[glencopeland]

Thanks for not making a half hour video for such an easy task. So many Youtubers forget most of us watching these kind of videos are looking for info, not entertainment. Great audio too, and that's my second biggest pet peeve :D I think this just saved my clutch for a few more days until the rest of the parts come in. Sadly I think mine is on its way out, even after adjustment and with tons of play in the lever, it will occasionally slip in 5th still. But it was slipping in every gear before the adjustment. 86 Honda Rebel 250, found your video via a link on the Honda Rebel Forum in a post about clutch replacement. The lever adjustment wasn't possible due to a boot covering it (assuming it's there), but the other part worked great.

[johngilbert]

Very good, I think I get it. I put on new clutch cable today, rode my klr 15 minutes to the store, where it died. It starts in neutral, dies immediately in first. I'll apply this video in the parking lot tomorrow and pray for the best. Thanks!!

[andrewtodd]

Thanks, I found this video very helpful after I had to replace my clutch cable on a Street Triple R

[themrrd]

I can attest to this about the adjustment. My 2014 CBR650F had the slipping clutch symptoms and it wasnt doing it before and I had never messed with the clutch cable. I was so sure that the issue was my clutch plates but I decided to give the cable some slack first and now its perfect. Check that first.

[rinkleswhiskers]

Thanks man! You saved me tearing apart the basket on my parts bike

[yusufcosgunfirat]

Thanks man i fergot how to fix it thanks to you i can take normal wheelie again

[spacesuitor]

Thanks for the demo.

Still not sure whether my problem is clutch or throttle related.

Once at higher speeds it seems fine, but in low gears it jerks like a teenager's first driving lesson, and having a tendency to stall out. Setting choke to 3/4 seems to help, but it requires dangerously generous throttle-twisting as RPM's and power race unsteadily toward each other before the next gear shift.

It's like whipping a horse that's busy watching cartoons!

[waynesrour]

Just bought a 08 GSXR 750 seller said it needs a new clutch so priced accordingly   did the adjustment it has a perfectly good clutch thanks

[pamotoole]

love your old honda! i came here becuz i forgot i had a kill switch on my kickstand, great viddy sir.

[mrmaxstorey]

Might be time to open it up and see if anything is damaged in there. See my video on replacing clutch discs, its far easier to access than you might think

[MellowBoy]

THANKS ALOT, IM CANT THANKS U ENOUGH FOR THE LIL TIPS, MY BIKE RUNS PERFECT NOW THANKS MAN!!

[mrmaxstorey]

Look around on ebay for aftermarket brake and clutch handles, they make them in all different shapes some of which swoop in towards the handlebars. You can try adjusting the cable as I show in the video, but replacing the levers might be a better option

[xegm]

Hi your video really help me out a lot...I can now shift to neutral 2nd...etc, , , thank you good information