Hi all,
I recently picked up a 1998 KX60 for my 6 year old son. It is completely stock, and he has been riding it for about 1 month now. He is doing great, starting, etc.. The only problem he does have is winding it out too long (way past the power). He is either too early or too late on his shifting.
Anyways, we were out today, and he was WOT in 4th gear. I pulled up beside and and motioned for him to upshift. He pulled the clutch in, and wasn't very quick about getting into 5th gear, so the bike dropped to an idle and died. Fired right back up, but won't idle and has a ticking noise in the engine or trans. Kinda hard to tell where it's coming from.
So we pushed it into the garage, and I put it on the stand. It will start and run fine. BUT, as soon as you put it in gear it dies, and it doesn't seem to want to idle. Almost like there is something in the trans that is pulling the engine down. If you give it a push and then put in gear and take off, it's fine. Seems like something came apart in the clutch.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Mike