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Clutch Kits

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gowen:
Cam, I'm extremely hard on my bike. But, I have noticed that the steel has made the clutch feel rough, but helps the friction ALOT. I tried the moose with 20% springs, no good. Cam, if you like, you are welcome to the Moose set as I have no need for it. It was used for a few months, but look brand new. Slips on me, but hear me out, I was using aluminum plates. I never tried it with the steel plates. But, tried 20% springs. Anyway, don't know the rate to canada, but I'd be more than happy to send them to you. The tusk fit well, but slipped almost instantly.

Woody223:
I also use the EBC clutch kit. I've been running it for a little over a year and I have had no problems.

Woody223

hughes:
One kit offered is for 87-04 KX500's(Burnett) and the other kit is offered for 89-04 KX500's(EBC). This makes me think that from 87-04 share a common clutch but on the other hand there maybe some changes. Should I not be concerned with kevlar plates or should go all steel for long life. Thanks for all the info.

demographic:
The friction material is the bit that will be made from Kevlar but the drive plates are either alluminium or steel.

Years ago I read about a CR 500 set up for riding in the Rockies, one part that they regarded as a tunable component was the drive plates.

Using steel drive plates gave the bike a few ounces of rotating mass in the engine turning at about 1/3 engine speed so they used them in conjunction with a flywheel weight (which makes a bigger difference) to aid traction and stop excessive wheelspin.

They also said it cut down on contaminating the oil and that the drive plates last longer than aluminium ones also :)

Although to do this would lessen the "snappiness" of your power delivery, depends what kind of what kind of delivery you are after :)

hughes:
Thanks. I will be using my 500 for hare scrambles so I think the steel plates will fine. When you say if I do this it will lessen the snappiness of the power delivery. Do you mean the extra mass of the steel plates along with a flywheel weight will smooth out my power delivery or does clutch plate material make a difference in clutch engagement and how crip or fast it respones. Thanks :roll:

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