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V 3 clutch plates
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<blockquote data-quote="Monkeypants" data-source="post: 31609" data-attributes="member: 2708"><p>Ive never heard of a v1 but there are plenty of vee two clutches out there. Vee two is the name of an Australian company that mainly sells aftermarket performance parts for(v2) Ducatis. I suspect that the owner had a problematic Vincent clutch and decided to do something about it by coming up with his own design.</p><p>Neal Videan told me that many years ago he worked with the vee two company and had a falling out with the owner. </p><p>He told me that he named his clutch the v3 as a sort of a play on the Vee two name and in part to annoy the owner of vee two.</p><p></p><p>I have a vee two clutch in my Oz Rapide. It came with the Ducati style sintered bronze plates. This is a dry set up. When the bronze plates were clean and freshly deglazed, it worked great.</p><p>After about 4to500 miles, the bronze plates would develop a small amount of a black coating at which point the clutch became increasingly grabby. </p><p></p><p>The solution for me was to switch the friction plates to Barnett wet type. The vee two also uses Kawi plates, from memory they were the same as the early 1000 cc Kawi, but the v3 is, of course, a later design. </p><p>I used the Watsonian (Robert) method for running a wet clutch.</p><p> I first made a gasket for the clutch cover and plugged the drain at bottom of the clutch compartment. With the clutch cover laid flat, fill it with oil then slap it on with as little oil loss as possible. </p><p>It has run 22,000 miles so far this way, no clutch slip, drag or grab, pretty much a perfect clutch.</p><p></p><p>Glen</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Monkeypants, post: 31609, member: 2708"] Ive never heard of a v1 but there are plenty of vee two clutches out there. Vee two is the name of an Australian company that mainly sells aftermarket performance parts for(v2) Ducatis. I suspect that the owner had a problematic Vincent clutch and decided to do something about it by coming up with his own design. Neal Videan told me that many years ago he worked with the vee two company and had a falling out with the owner. He told me that he named his clutch the v3 as a sort of a play on the Vee two name and in part to annoy the owner of vee two. I have a vee two clutch in my Oz Rapide. It came with the Ducati style sintered bronze plates. This is a dry set up. When the bronze plates were clean and freshly deglazed, it worked great. After about 4to500 miles, the bronze plates would develop a small amount of a black coating at which point the clutch became increasingly grabby. The solution for me was to switch the friction plates to Barnett wet type. The vee two also uses Kawi plates, from memory they were the same as the early 1000 cc Kawi, but the v3 is, of course, a later design. I used the Watsonian (Robert) method for running a wet clutch. I first made a gasket for the clutch cover and plugged the drain at bottom of the clutch compartment. With the clutch cover laid flat, fill it with oil then slap it on with as little oil loss as possible. It has run 22,000 miles so far this way, no clutch slip, drag or grab, pretty much a perfect clutch. Glen [/QUOTE]
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