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groove

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Clutch Preferances
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!

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Gargoyle Ex Member	Re: Clutch Preferances Reply #1 - 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.
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bentwheel Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Ride free, citizen Posts: 658 Sarnia, Ontario, Canada Gender:	Re: Clutch Preferances Reply #2 - 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.
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Reply #3 - 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.

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Mr 650 Serious Thumper Offline The LS650- Classic style & 4-valve engine Posts: 1389 Mempho Gender:	Re: Clutch Preferances Reply #4 - 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.
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Gitarzan Serious Thumper 2004 No Login Offline ! Posts: 827 Columbus, Oh, Earth, Solar Sys Gender:	Re: Clutch Preferances Reply #5 - 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.
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groove Ex Member	Re: Clutch Preferances Reply #6 - 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
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Susan Serious Thumper 2004 No Login Offline Been AWOL but I'm back... Posts: 682 Eastern PA Gender:	Re: Clutch Preferances Reply #7 - 02/03/05 at 06:51:41 Welcome groove! Have fun with your project bike! Let us know how it goes.
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