grinding noise when i put bike in gear?

[fzrwarrior]

well here it goes i just recently put my new clutch cable on and put it in gear when i take off it starts grinding inside cant figure out what it is and yamaha wants 85 dollars just to look at it any help would be appreciated

[the_finch]

Sounds to me like your clutch cable is out of adjustment and your clutch isn't fully engaged when you try to shift. Someone around here has a write-up or sticky on how to adjust the clutch cable.

[tkclow]

Does it happen the whole time you are riding or just on initial take off, I just did mine over the weekend and when first taking off I get the grinding/clunking type noise that goes away after I start accelerating. I just thought it was due to my chain and sprockets as I could use new ones but I could be wrong. I followed Haynes Manual for adjustment and had to back the initial adjustment screw out about another 1/4 turn just so the clutch would fully disengage. I would be interested as to a fix also