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Message started by groove on 01/30/05 at 16:10:17

Title: Clutch Preferances
Post by groove on 01/30/05 at 16:10:17

Good day all, newbie here.

Finally purchased my newest addition to the garage, a 1986 Black Savage. Needs a little work, but it was bought as a project bike. Will post a few before and after pics as I get comfortable around here.
So, it needs a clutch. Slips pretty well, and I have checked cable adjustment and changed the oil just to make sure no-one threw a quart of Slick 50 in there ( Ive seen this before!). Any suggestions as to what brand name works better / worse than the others, or are the OEM parts the way to go? Thanks!

Title: Re: Clutch Preferances
Post by Gargoyle on 01/30/05 at 17:33:02

A few months ago I replaced my clutch plates and springs. As for as I know either EBC or Suzuki are the only choices. I used EBC because they were much less expensive.

Title: Re: Clutch Preferances
Post by bentwheel on 01/30/05 at 19:03:36

I have used Barnett clutch plates in other applications. Top quality stuff. Look them up and see if they have savage plates/springs.

Title: Re: Clutch Preferances
Post by slavy on 01/30/05 at 22:51:43

Three early model LS650 passed thru my hands and all 3 of them needed new clutch plates. In all 3 cases I used EBC- no problem.
Whatever You do- do not use an used clutch plates from somebody else's bike.You will pay 10-15 bucks for the plates, $ 7-10 for shipping, You will wait for 5 days for the auction to end, 5-7 more days for the shipping, You will replace the gasket $13 and 90% sure You will end up with the same problem if not immidiately, may be after 1 season. Who is parting out a nice engine- it is sold like a running engine. Isn't it better to pay on the spot $35-37 for a new plates and know everything is done once and is done right. Your time and effords are worthed something too.

Title: Re: Clutch Preferances
Post by Mr 650 on 01/31/05 at 06:25:22

I forget where it was, but I was looking for parts and ran across a listing for Suzuki street bike clutch stuff. The same clutch spring part no. was used on many larger Suzukis, i.e. 1983 750ES/ESD. No prob finding them.

Title: Re: Clutch Preferances
Post by gitarzan on 01/31/05 at 06:41:16

Hey Groove, Welcome to the forum. You may have already noticed t's a great source of help and info.

Title: Re: Clutch Preferances
Post by groove on 02/02/05 at 18:35:21

Thanks for the info. I was able to get my hands on some EBC's locally. This whole site is a great source of info! Cheers

Title: Re: Clutch Preferances
Post by Susan on 02/03/05 at 06:51:41

Welcome groove! Have fun with your project bike! Let us know how it goes.