Hard to pull clutch lever

[ferociousllama]

So I wend riding last weekend at Gorman in CA. I hopped on my bike and started it and it started fine and everything. When I shifted into 1st and let out of the clutch the bike didn't go. Like it was in neutral. I tried shifting into every gear and the shift lever felt normal and acted like it was shifting but when I let out of the clutch nothing happens. I also noticed after that the clutch lever was very hard to pull, probably 100% harder to pull than earlier in the day.

 

I'm assuming something is wrong with the clutch.

 

Does anyone know anything about this or had this happen? I would love to know what the problem was if anyone has encountered or heard of this before as I am going riding for thanksgiving and I need time to have parts shipped and time to install them.

 

Thanks for all your help!

 

It's a stock bike except for a 39mm 2 into 1 carb kit and fmf fatty pipes.

[bansheesandrider]

As far as the cluych pull is concerned, it sounds like you welded the ball to the push rod. Pull your clutch apart and look for a ball on either the center of the clutch pressure plate or inside the shaft the clutch rides on. Hopefully the ball will come out freely and not be attached to the pushrod behind it. If it is stuck to the pushrod inside the transmission shaft and you can't get the push rod out of the shaft you may have to split the center cases. As for it not shifting look at the shift shaft thar is behind the clutch basket, below and to the rear. See if the hooks on the shift shaft are engaging the pins on the shift star- move the shifter to see if the star rotates llike it should- there is a eccentric screw to adjust the hoohs so they are equal distance from the pins. If the star/drum is rotating then you have a bad shift fork and will have to split the cases for this also. I would get a manual to walk you through all of this if you don't have one.