Over the winter when I was getting the trike ready for travel, I rebuilt both master cylinders on the handlbars and installed a new clutch slave at the clutch. After bleeding both out, I have good clutch lever action...brakes are good but need some more bleeding. My issue is when I pull in the clutch and kick the trike into 1st gear, it goes in with a good thump and a jolt. Once in gear and moving and shifting it does fine. Makes me think the clutch isn't completely disengaging when I pull in the clutch lever and move from neutral to first gear. The motor/bike has 68k miles on it and I have no idea what oil the prior owner used. I do know just from observation while working on it that the bike was neglected. I've flushed the coolant and changed the oil/filter, I'm thinking I'll drive it for a while to see if things improve. I do know it sat for quite a spell before I bought it last fall.
I'm open to any thoughts or suggestions/experiences.
my valk trike would do the same if it sat for a couple of weeks without being started. the oil drains out from between the clutch plates which makes them stick alittle. if it works fine after the engine warms up alittle and acts fine the rest of the day. i think your good.
