Sticking clutch on 96 GPZ 1100

[Charles Scappaticci]

Les,
This is not an uncommon problem at all.  The easiest way to avoid this
is to roll the bike a few feet and work the clutch while doing it
which will free up the plates.  Mine will clunk into gear a litte hard
if I don't do this, but after rolling it a little it drops right in.

I woke up the GPZ on Sunday and took it out for it's first ride of the
season.  It fired right up on it's five year old battery thanks to a
tender and a liberal dose of Sta-bil in the gas.  I guess it was mad
at me for waiting so long as the low beam decided to burn out, so I
stopped by NAPA and picked up a new BP1210/H4 80/100 watt bulb ($10.62
cents) for it and will change it out this weekend.

It looks like my Durango trip this year will be on dirt bikes as I
made reservations for the last week in June at the Red River RV park
in Silverton and will haul my pop-up camper, WR450 and my daughters
TTR125 down for a week of riding in the mountains.  I've been wanting
to do this for several years and it's time.  I just wish I could get
the Geeper down at the same time for few days of riding, but that will
probably have to wait until the end July when I'll have another week
to take off of work.  :-)

Charles S.
95 GPZ1100

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 7:24 AM, John Soliday <johnsoliday at msn.com> wrote:
> Mine does that once in awhile, but only after sitting all winter.  It clears
> up after that for the season.  Does yours get better or always like this
> after only a few days?  If the plates are sticking you could try changing
> the oil a few times to try and clean off the plates.  Also, you might want
> to bleed the clutch just in case its developed a few bubbles in there.  Both
> cheap fixes to try before yanking out the plates.  Also, if the plates are
> covered in gunk, they'll probably be fine if you clean them with kerosene,
> but once you've got the cover off, I'd just replace them.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com [mailto:gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com] On
> Behalf Of Les Johnson
> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 9:23 PM
> To: John Soliday
> Subject: Sticking clutch on 96 GPZ 1100
>
>   I have noticed since I purchased this bike a annoying problem. I
> have owned it for several years and the problems seems to be getting
> worse.
>
>   When the bikes sits for a few days when I shit from neutral to
> first it jumps forward and dies. Of course I have the clutch lever
> pulled in.  I might have to do this 2 or 3 times till the clutch works
> correctly .Seems I have heard of the clutch plates sticking on other
> bikes from time to time but can"t remember what the cause or the cure
> was.
>
>   Anybody with info on this subject would be a great help. I
> wondering if I am going to have to replace the clutch plates to cure
> the problem.
>
>   Thanks   Les J
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