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kitchen kid
03-02-2006, 01:56 PM
can anyone help me? i just got my first trike its an 85 hon atc 125 m. my problem is. it runs great for about 10 min. i can even get the front of the ground. but once it gets hot it will barley move. also i can get up to 3rd cold and only first once it warms up????????????
Rex Karz
03-02-2006, 02:46 PM
You will need to explain it a little better, but could it be a clutch problem (engine revs, but trike does not move) , or is it a fuel problem (bogs down, will not rev)?
kitchen kid
03-02-2006, 03:36 PM
engine revs great. When i got it it didnt run so i rebuilt the carb and it ran. also the gears slip a lot 2 . when i fisrt tried to ride it nothing happened [idnt go anywhere], a friend told me i put too much oil in it so i took some out and it ran better, till it got hot. also there is some oil leaking out above the trans. on the engine, only when hot
Rex Karz
03-02-2006, 03:55 PM
A lot of times when a motorcycle with a wet clutch (as the ATC) sits for years unused, the clutch fiber disks get slick. Sometimes a quick fix is to remove and roughen them up. A better fix is to replace the clutch disks. That is if it is a clutch problem. Also, the ATC's have 2 clutches ! The Manual and the centrifigual !
kitchen kid
03-02-2006, 03:57 PM
so u dont think its shot just a little repair?
kitchen kid
03-02-2006, 03:58 PM
u dont know how much trouble ive been through. thanks 4 ur help
kitchen kid
03-02-2006, 04:01 PM
do u mean a hand clutch? cause i was told that was a brake not a clutch my handle is missing so i havent been able to try it
Rex Karz
03-02-2006, 04:08 PM
No, I meant the shift lever actually operates a manual clutch, it is really a semi-auto. It disengages a disc type clutch with the same lever that operates the fork drums. Notice that when you shift, it doesn't take off until you let the shift lever back down. That is the clutch engaging just as if You had a hand clutch and let it out.
kitchen kid
03-02-2006, 04:21 PM
ok i see now. so u recomend trying to fix the clutch. oh when i first got it. if it was in gear. one tire would go one way the othere the other way making it almost impossible to push now even in gear it moves fairly easy. could that be part of the prob????