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This is a hard problem to describe but, not being around anyone with motorcycle (let alone Triumph) experience, and not having another triumph myself, I'm going to try...
This might be because I'm too light and short and/or because I'm too wary of the kick- and centerstands to kick it from any position other than just sitting in riding posture - I balance the bike and jump straight up, arms on bars, and come down with right foot on the kicker - but it sometimes seems like my engine isn't turning over freely when I kick it. "Mushy" is the best word I can think of, since it does move, but only through about half the kicker's travel.
I always ratchet it a few times to try to find compression, so it's not like when you mistakenly kick a small bike on the intake stroke (or whatever causes that). And it does frequently 'work' in what I assume is the correct way, where you can hear the engine turn over a few times, even if it doesn't start. I'm guessing it works about half the time.
My clutch seems fine when I'm riding - the plates look okay, if old, and I don't feel any slipping (though I know people have reported not knowing what 'slipping' felt like until they got new plates). So does this sound like a clutch problem, a starting technique problem, or something else?
This might be because I'm too light and short and/or because I'm too wary of the kick- and centerstands to kick it from any position other than just sitting in riding posture - I balance the bike and jump straight up, arms on bars, and come down with right foot on the kicker - but it sometimes seems like my engine isn't turning over freely when I kick it. "Mushy" is the best word I can think of, since it does move, but only through about half the kicker's travel.
I always ratchet it a few times to try to find compression, so it's not like when you mistakenly kick a small bike on the intake stroke (or whatever causes that). And it does frequently 'work' in what I assume is the correct way, where you can hear the engine turn over a few times, even if it doesn't start. I'm guessing it works about half the time.
My clutch seems fine when I'm riding - the plates look okay, if old, and I don't feel any slipping (though I know people have reported not knowing what 'slipping' felt like until they got new plates). So does this sound like a clutch problem, a starting technique problem, or something else?