Did my clutch cable give out?

[T2urtle]

Did my clutch cable give out?

So I was riding around and about to park, I backed it in while in 1st and clutch held in, I went to kick it up into N, and it stalled. I didn’t think much of it and did what I had to do. Came back and started it up fine, pulled clutch in, it had good tension like nothing was wrong and kicked it down into first and BAM, stalled. I figured maybe I didn’t hold the clutch all the way down, since I’m a noob still (only 1 month of riding). Did it again and same results. I can shift from N to 1st or 2nd without the clutch being held in now but obviously it stalls out. I tired reving it up and kicking it down into first and it seems like I can get it to move a bit, but I had a LONG way home and I didn’t want to try since I’m still a noob.

Did my clutch cable give out? Something else wrong? I always thought when your clutch cable goes out you have no tension in the lever. Like in a car people say “my pedal hit the floor” How easy is this fix? I cant see the routing of the cable due to the fairings being on, it doesn’t look all too crazy, 8mm socket on the part that connects to my engine. How often do these go out?
I just cleaned and lube up the chain for the first time, not sure if that helped in making things worst.

2004 sukuki gs500 with 10k miles on it.

 

[SpatiallyAware]

I've had a GS500 clutch cable break on my at tail of the dragon.. Ended up wrapping the leftover bit of cable around a screwdriver and rode that way.

They do give out, and the clutch cable does need lubed. However, they usually 'completely' give out with no pressure

The GS is also picky about clutch adjustment, and that's my bet.


For now use the adjustment on the lever (unscrew it to take up slack), but there's also adjustment on the case-side.

If you have a service manual they usually have good instructions on this

 

[T2urtle]

yea i found this link... http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=20468.0

someone else told me to check the kickstand switch.

So those are my 2 main targets as of now.


If the bike starts up perfectly fine and no issues were present with that. When i was riding it operated just normal. Leads me to think clutch related or someone is forcing it to turn off.

 

[Zargon]

def sounds like the kickstand switch is a possibilty

 

[JulesMaximus]

yea i found this link... http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=20468.0

someone else told me to check the kickstand switch.

So those are my 2 main targets as of now.


If the bike starts up perfectly fine and no issues were present with that. When i was riding it operated just normal. Leads me to think clutch related or someone is forcing it to turn off.

I'd check this first. Put the kickstand down and then back up and see if it still does this. Even if it does I'd suspect a faulty switch.

I'd almost guarantee you this is what the problem is.

If it was the clutch cable you'd have no resistance in the lever at all.

 

[T2urtle]

yep, it was the kickstand switch. thanks everyone

I had to jump it with a paperclip/tape and got it home. Now off to find me a switch