clutch plates and springs

[TSM]

Originally Posted by SV650Racer

www.hyperplates.co.uk

Have had very very good feedback on them from peeps racing in the states. 70% lighter than stock plates so less mass to move which will help the engine to spin up quicker.

I have a set for my racebike which are going in Friday...if you call them..ask for Reggie...a currently broken SV650 racer himself.

I see they are sponsering you for 07

Is their cost of £90ish for just the plates, or for plates and frictions?

[northwind]

Steels only I think, at that price. Well, aluminiumy-steely-things, you know what I mean That's kinda cool, nice one SV650Racer...

How hard is it to replace clutch plates i need to put one in badly i have basic tools plus a little and no shop. I hate the dealership here and would like to do it myself if i can if not i will cry and do it but what tools do you need

I didn't realise Reggie did those, similar to the Barnett Cryo plates, only made here so not made with badly converted measurements in to metric.

[northwind]

Originally Posted by kcowgergmm

How hard is it to replace clutch plates i need to put one in badly i have basic tools plus a little and no shop. I hate the dealership here and would like to do it myself if i can if not i will cry and do it but what tools do you need

Fairly easy... But a bit harder on a pointy than a curvy as you need to drain the coolant and take the whole side casing off, instead of just the outer cover. Also means replacing the big paper gasket, which is always stuck to the casing in a particularily annoying way in my experience. No specialist tools needed really, but you'll want one of the manuals. What sort of experience do you have?

i am not a complete idiot but not a complete genius either i have worked on king air for about year so i got some mechanical background with airplane mechanics and i do a ton of tinkering.

[northwind]

Yeah, in that case, you should be fine I'm always a bit wary of saying stuff's easy in case someone who has trouble changing the batteries in a clock tries it

how many miles do you guys usually get out of a clutch

can i get a real quick run down on what you need to do

[northwind]

This is your friend You must master it as you must master your life...

http://www.sv650.org/sv_manuals.htm

But it's more or less drain coolant, remove RHS engine case, remove clutch outer, replace friction plates (your steels should be fine really, but you never know), reassembly is the reverse. Prepare to spend ages cleaning bits of gasket off the casing But really, read the manual, all wisdom is contained within.