I rode the Hunley ~20 miles in to a car/bike show yesterday. Good turn-out and finally some bikes there! Time Warp Vintage Motorcycle Club showed up with 11 bikes plus there were about five others. Happily the show let out around 3 pm so we could beat the UT football traffic. On my way home the road funnels to one lane ineach direction with barriers and pavement grooved haphazardly. I've been through this before and stay on smooth until last thing, slow, then cross at as steep an angle as I can to keep it from grabbing a tire. No traffic behind me thankfully because I dropped 4 to 3 while gently on both brakes, ket out the clutch, and locked up (at about 40 mph!) Pulled clutch quick enough to keep from dumping it, crossed over the grooving, noticed the engine stopped. Since I was still clutched, I shifted down to neutral and pressed the start button - it started right up! I'm now coasting on the right edge of now 4 lane with no traffic. Let it coast down to ~10 mph, put it in 2nd, let out the clutch, all Ok. Accelerated on up to 50 mph (that area's limit) shifting @~3k rpm to 4th finally. Rode the ~15 miles remaining with very high glute tension and care in shifting.
Ok, what could have caused it? Whatever it was locked the engine, but allowed me to clutch, downshift, and restart. I'll be draining oil this week to check for metal. Bet I left 10' of rear tire rubber before getting the clutch back in, very lucky to have kept it straight and not high-sided.
Ok, what could have caused it? Whatever it was locked the engine, but allowed me to clutch, downshift, and restart. I'll be draining oil this week to check for metal. Bet I left 10' of rear tire rubber before getting the clutch back in, very lucky to have kept it straight and not high-sided.