let me start by saying this....yeah I know my pictures suck, I will take better ones tomorrow
I just got the bike back from the dealer.
Its a motowheels MW-7000 slipper with surflex plates. I have speedymoto titanium retaining caps with stainless springs and bolts too.
Yes the pressure plate is copper colored. Its that way now because the tech decided to use a bunch of heat to help get the bearing into the pressure plate. I would suggest that motowheels just press them in to avoid this kinda thing in the future....
BUT that will be a battle that the dealer isn't going to win cause I don't plan on playing fair. The dealer will be replacing my pressure plate or I will be contacting DNA and filing a complaint, contacting the owner directly which will piss him off to know what happened, AND then disputing the claim with my CC company.
Now onto a review. I've never had a drive clutch slipper setup before, but I figured that with the stiffer springs the lever pull would be tough, but it is far easier then stock. Also the engagement is immediate, the whole assembly is MUCH lighter then stock. The bike in first at very low throttle inputs tends to want to stall if you are moving around in a parking lot or anything like that because of the huge loss of rotating weight. BUT the bike does want to rev slightly faster and that is A-OK in my book.
So if anyone can vouch for a super easy pull with a slipper that would put my mind at ease.
Now onto the fun stuff. Granted I was dealing with scrubbing in a new tire I still got the chance to mess around after a while and check out how sweet this whole thing is. Now even with a pretty fresh tire I was able to check out how well this thing works. With some up and down shifts the clutch makes a little more noise then before but I think thats cool anyway, afterall I did put a open cover on the bike.
Now with the slipper downshifts no longer upset the bike leading into turns or just down shifting going straight. No drama and the bike never gets out of line, and the bike just pulls like a freight train.
ONE issue, at some point during the ride the little clutch actuator on the lever some-how managed to move and I lost the free-play at the lever and the bike started to slip, so I nursed the bike back to the dealer and they quickly fixed the issue and had my back on my way. 3rd gear power wheelies once again FTW!
So all in all it was worth every penny, its noisy and lets me shift later if I have to and if I make any mistakes with my downshifts I'm not backing the bike into turns anymore.
As for the guys at motowheels......I can't say enough about them, they got me these parts incredibly quickly to help get my bike back on the road and I swear spent almost 40 minutes on the phone with me trying to help me figure out the best course of action for dealing with my dead stock clutch. I can't say enough about that, they answered every stupid question I had and even helped me with questions after hours. They are great guys and its a reason they are so respected, I will be spending WAY too much money with them again in the future.
