you answered your won question in your first post. your clutch cable is bad. go buy a new one and move on.
you will get most tech questions answered here if you seem to need it. you don't need it, so we skipped it.
go to tsb, just don't ride north with them.
thanks bro! much apreciated!
ill go pick one up today..
ill let yall know how it goes..
should i get a new clutch lever also? or just be generous with the graphite?