is it normal

[grossohc]

Hello, I need help i just bought my first guzzi and when I started it up and pulled in the clutch it had a pulsing /clicking type of noise , is this normal!!. Guy i work with said it is for these bikes but He just speaks to hear a noise The bike (v11) has done 5800miles.

 

 

 

 

 

[Paul Minnaert]

Hi, Since these are dry clutches, it's normal to hear something. Ever heard a ducati clutch? It's hard to know if what you hear is normal, if you don't trust it, ask your dealer.

[DeBenGuzzi]

I assure you, its normal yeah ducatis make one hell of a racket like they are going to fly apart but they only fly past you.

[antonio carroccio]

An alternative, don't use the clutch at all.

[DeBenGuzzi]

An alternative, don't use the clutch at all.  

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easier said than done unless youre just screaming along then it seems easier. Sure a lot easier for me on this bike than my last one. but that was a cruiser with no tach

[grossohc]

Well i have finally got out on the bike and just ignored the noise it makes when dis engaging the clutch. did a 120miles and was impressed, tried not to be paranoid about noises when riding but after i got home wandered about with a biggg grin. but who invented that sidestand!!

[jrt]

it sounds like you'll be just fine.

 

seriously- the clutches do make some rattling/rasping noise. I think of it as endearing, rather than threatening.

[bento]

yeah, the dry clutch.

 

and you should make it a point to hear a duke clutch one day. it's like somebody threw keys, or change in the transmition.