Dry Clutch-a-doodles

[He Man]

My dry clutch is dead at 9700 miles. all the city driving and burnouts didnt help i guess. The only plates i can find are made by barnett. do i have any other options?

[needtorque]

any reason you dont like/want barnett? 

Chris at cacycleworks has the barnett clutch for $150.
http://www.ca-cycleworks.com/shop/catalog/ducati/engine.html

[He Man]

no reason just want to know my options.

[El Matador]

that's a great price. I'm gonna pick some up for the 996

[needtorque]

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http://www.hardracing.com/STM.htm

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[He Man]

whoa whoa whoa!!! i just ment hte plates man! i dont have $900 bucks to throw around! 

I babied the bike home, couldnt make it past 65mph. the bike would roar, but id go no where. even a honda civic beat me at the light. this must be what its like to ride a scooter.

[sfarchie]

Just for the record, my Vespa GTS (pimp'd with Brembo brakes and LeoVinci pipe) can go 80+mph. 

Is 9700 miles normal wear time for a dry clutch or is it a bit premature?

[He Man]

Just for the record, my Vespa GTS (pimp'd with Brembo brakes and LeoVinci pipe) can go 80+mph. 

Is 9700 miles normal wear time for a dry clutch or is it a bit premature?

intercooled rotary GTR limited edition?

Premature depends on what you base it on. Im slipping the clutch in one day more than you would in month because i ride in NYC. my friends wet clutch also died around 14k'ish or something. so.... its all relative.

[herm]

sound premature to me....
i have close to 12k on mine, and its doing great.
little to no city riding though.

[He Man]

sound premature to me....
i have close to 12k on mine, and its doing great.
little to no city riding though.

again, preamture is all relative to what you compare it to.

What are you basing premature on?
How many miles do most people get out of a clutch when riding strictly urban bumper to bumper traffic?

[Smokescreen]

If you aren't seriously doing the rough stuff you said earlier, wouldn't stiffer springs alleviate some of the clutch life issues?  Admittedly by forcing you to go fully engaged more often, but hey, dry clutch bikes aren't meant for a lot of that.

[sfarchie]

I live in San Francisco, so I'll soon find out how fast the hills wear down my clutch.

[He Man]

If you aren't seriously doing the rough stuff you said earlier, wouldn't stiffer springs alleviate some of the clutch life issues?  Admittedly by forcing you to go fully engaged more often, but hey, dry clutch bikes aren't meant for a lot of that.

it would, but they only go so far. i already have speedymoto stainless steel springs that are stiffer then stock. looks like the cheapst option are barnetts, hopefully these will last more than 10k miles

[erkishhorde]

I remember a guy that switched to aluminum basket/ plates and he mixed brands and got nearly a perfect fit (after filing them because the tangs/ openings in the basket weren't the same size  ). It reduced chatter to almost nothing but I don't remember if it increased the life span of his plates. Anyone remember?  This reminds me that I'm due for a new clutch pack very soon. I keep forgetting when I last replaced it. I don't keep very good records. 

[needtorque]

whoa whoa whoa!!! i just ment hte plates man! i dont have $900 bucks to throw around! 

Sorry it was all I could find.