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Are Dry Clutches Becoming Extinct?

Started by The ModFather, June 26, 2012, 08:37:37 PM

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muskrat

#60
June 28, 2012, 05:44:43 PM
On my previous roadstar I logged 74,000 miles on the same belt.  A friend of mine, with the same bike clocked over 100,000 miles.  My HD has over 15,000 so far and no change expected for a long time.........that should settle this dispute.  :o
Can we thin the gene pool? 

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ducpainter

#61
June 28, 2012, 05:47:28 PM
Quote from: muskrat on June 28, 2012, 05:44:43 PM
<snip>.......that should settle this dispute.  :o

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muskrat

#62
June 28, 2012, 05:48:25 PM
I know and it's fun reading.  ;D
Can we thin the gene pool? 

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The ModFather

#63
June 28, 2012, 05:54:39 PM
Personally I dont mind the maintenance associated with a chain. I dont mind any of the maintenance required for my bike I find it relaxing. If I wanted a maintenance free bike I wouldn't have chosen a Ducati. A chain requires more maintenance but looks cooler than a belt just like a Ducati requires more maintenance but looks cooler than a Honda.
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Privateer

#64
June 28, 2012, 06:07:09 PM
Quote from: NorDog on June 28, 2012, 08:39:25 AM
When I look at one I see more time riding and less time adjusting, cleaning, or replacing.

nailed it for me.

sure, it doesn't take long to lube a chain, but it's still something I have to do every 15-20 days.  Chain/sprocket replacements once a year start adding up, $170/year extra roughly.  consider a belt lasts 50k+, any swap to different pullies would pay off pretty quickly.

More money for gas and tires, less time lubing/replacing chains/sprockets.

win/win for me.  I love my monster but when the time comes for a new bike, my priorities will be different.
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Ducatamount

#65
June 28, 2012, 06:13:15 PM
Quote from: Duck Off on June 28, 2012, 05:54:39 PM
Personally I dont mind the maintenance associated with a chain. I dont mind any of the maintenance required for my bike I find it relaxing. If I wanted a maintenance free bike I wouldn't have chosen a Ducati. A chain requires more maintenance but looks cooler than a belt just like a Ducati requires more maintenance but looks cooler than a Honda.
Yeppers,I'm in this camp.
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ungeheuer

#66
June 28, 2012, 07:14:41 PM
Looks like the "Are Dry Clutches Becoming Extinct?" thread is extinct.
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Curmudgeon

#67
June 28, 2012, 07:36:56 PM
Quote from: muskrat on June 28, 2012, 05:44:43 PM
On my previous roadstar I logged 74,000 miles on the same belt.  A friend of mine, with the same bike clocked over 100,000 miles.  My HD has over 15,000 so far and no change expected for a long time.........that should settle this dispute.  :o

30,000 mile intervals on a BMW F800ST and most don't make it. Rear drive sprockets are wonky too. $$$  [thumbsdown]

Ducatis have about as much in common with a Hawg as a 360 Modena does with with a Ford F-150.  :P
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NorDog

#68
June 28, 2012, 07:52:43 PM
Quote from: muskrat on June 28, 2012, 05:44:43 PM
On my previous roadstar I logged 74,000 miles on the same belt.  A friend of mine, with the same bike clocked over 100,000 miles.  My HD has over 15,000 so far and no change expected for a long time.........that should settle this dispute.  :o

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ungeheuer

#69
June 28, 2012, 08:02:54 PM
Quote from: NorDog on June 28, 2012, 07:52:43 PM
But chains look cool!
Dry clutches look cooler.
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ducatiz

#70
June 28, 2012, 08:07:10 PM
Quote from: Ungeheuer Esq. on June 28, 2012, 08:02:54 PM
Dry clutches look cooler.
Bevel towers are the coolest.
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#71
June 28, 2012, 08:33:06 PM
Quote from: ducatiz on June 28, 2012, 08:07:10 PM
Bevel towers are the coolest.
and maybe even cooler with the transparent covers.
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ducatiz

#72
June 28, 2012, 08:39:25 PM
Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

muskrat

#73
June 28, 2012, 09:28:22 PM
Quote from: Curmudgeon on June 28, 2012, 07:36:56 PM
30,000 mile intervals on a BMW F800ST and most don't make it. Rear drive sprockets are wonky too. $$$  [thumbsdown]

Ducatis have about as much in common with a Hawg as a 360 Modena does with with a Ford F-150.  :P
wait you did say BMW (break my wallet).   ;)
Can we thin the gene pool? 

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