clutch plates and springs

thanks northwind got one question what is the best way to get those pieces of gasket off i had the same problem when i was working on a hawk gt

[northwind]

I'm not the person to ask, for me it's a slow and potentially damaging process with a gasket scraper. The metal of the outer case is very soft, too. The first time I did it, I used- very carefully- a stanley knife blade...

But no doubt someone who's any good at it will have a better suggestion

do you think the aluminum plates mentioned above would be worth while or would you just replace the friction plates

[northwind]

Don't know really... I'd probably fit them instead of conventional steels if I needed them, but chances are you don't and tbh for road use there's plenty of other stuff you could spend the money on... I'd want to find some testemonial of road use for 'em too, to see how the claims of long life bear up- race bikes get more abuse but small stresses for 50000 miles can be a lot more destructive than huge stresses for 5000, and there's no way the manufacturers will have done large-scale testing.

so that brings up the question has anybody here on the org used the aluminum plates?

[northwind]

As of today, SV650Racer has I think I know of a couple of SV Rider guys who've run something very similiar, if not the same ones, and they were happy too... But those were both seriously optimised race bikes.

Buy me a set and I'll testride them

Originally Posted by northwind

Buy me a set and I'll testride them

I wish i had money so i could just do that maybe when i become wealthy i will buy everybody on the org a set to try

if there's any discolouration on the steels then replace them, it'll only shorten the life of the new frictions your fitting.