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V3 clutch drag
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<blockquote data-quote="greg brillus" data-source="post: 66203" data-attributes="member: 597"><p>Even once you have the clutch lifting mechanism at its best, the clutch will still have considerable drag on your first freeing off kick with the clutch lever squeezed to the bar grip.This is due to the oil on the plates sticking them together. The only way to have one of these clutches free off very well, is if the plates are dry. This can be done if you have the right plates made to suit running dry. But run wet, they always drag at first, then come good once the engine is running, this because the centrifugal force throws the oil out, but retains enough to lube the plates and stop them overheating quickly. Set it up so as to have very little freeplay at the handle bar lever when cold, this will increase as the engine warms up. At the end of the day, there is only so much travel you can achieve, trying to gain tinny amounts here and there could become never ending, and the extra lift won't give much improvement, but installing the longer G91/1 will help a lot, as it has the same effect as changing the handlebar lever from 7/8 pivots to 1 1/8, thus changing the lift/travel ratio. Good luck.........Greg.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greg brillus, post: 66203, member: 597"] Even once you have the clutch lifting mechanism at its best, the clutch will still have considerable drag on your first freeing off kick with the clutch lever squeezed to the bar grip.This is due to the oil on the plates sticking them together. The only way to have one of these clutches free off very well, is if the plates are dry. This can be done if you have the right plates made to suit running dry. But run wet, they always drag at first, then come good once the engine is running, this because the centrifugal force throws the oil out, but retains enough to lube the plates and stop them overheating quickly. Set it up so as to have very little freeplay at the handle bar lever when cold, this will increase as the engine warms up. At the end of the day, there is only so much travel you can achieve, trying to gain tinny amounts here and there could become never ending, and the extra lift won't give much improvement, but installing the longer G91/1 will help a lot, as it has the same effect as changing the handlebar lever from 7/8 pivots to 1 1/8, thus changing the lift/travel ratio. Good luck.........Greg. [/QUOTE]
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