Most of the time, if the bike has been sitting for a long time, the clutch plates will be gummed together. I have a 77 IT250 and when I got it, the clutch was useless as it was stuck together. What I did was drain the fluid, take the cover off, make sure the clutch is aligned per specs, put the cover back on, filled it up with tranny fluid and got her started. Then I rode it around with the clutch handle in and once she got warm, the engine started revving higher and higher until they plates all popped open. Then the clutch worked. That's one way of doing it as you end up using the old plates.
Another way is to replace the friction plates with new ones but more money and time are involved.
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