Motorcycle Repair: popping out of gear, clutch plates, suzuki dealer

Question
   
    Anthony,
            i have a suzuki jr 50 that wont
    stay in gear after about 10 feet.
      but, i can lift the rear wheel off  
      the ground and it will stay in gear.
       whats up?  also how do i go about finding
       the year of this bike? it doesnt appear to be as easy to identify byk the serial number on the steering head.


                 THANKS FOR THE HELP!
             YOU ARE APPRECIATED!
                      Gary  

Answer
Gary,

Hopefully all the bike needs is new clutch plates... I believe what you're feeling is the clutch slipping.  If it is actually 'popping' out of gear or if you replace the clutch plates and this still happens, you will need to inspect the transmission which is a mid-large size task.

Call your local suzuki dealer and give them the serial #, they will tell you the year

good luck.

Anthony
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