Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > 999 / 749 > clutch help

[Real McCoy]

My clutch has just started slipping, before i take the plates out and see if the can be de glazed, i wonderd if anyone had any advice or tips on what to do

[andyb]

1st of all is it a slipper clutch?

[andyb]

Oh and that'll be all the airborn and wheelies then..............................:P

[Real McCoy]

no its just the standard clutch

[andyb]

There you go then.........buy a slipper!!!!!

[Real McCoy]

[andyb]

You asked for help..........Slipper clutch is one of the best things you could ever get.........better than wasting your money on a later type swing arm.................oh sorry!

[KeefyB]

Originally posted by andyb
Slipper clutch is one of the best things you could ever get.

Really?
Please explain.
Call me a numpty if yer like,(numpty if yer like),but in 25 years of motorcycling I've never felt the need for a slipper clutch.

[andyb]

Numpty if you like! I know the slipper things been done to the hilt, but...!

A man can have a thousand experiences, or experience the same thing a thousand times..............

If you are remotely mechanically minded, or can ride a bit matching revs etc you would probably get away with out ever needing a slipper on a Duke!

However, of the things i noticed at Silverstone when a lot of GSXRzx types were trying out the Ducati uk bikes,

1) they didnt have the 'how to start a Ducati' nack! Givving it copious amounts of throttle, and of course it was killing the starter.

2) The fact that there is a lot more engine braking on a big twin. The amount that were going into Copse corner screeching the back tyre, downshifting and just dropping the clutch! The fact that you probably didnt need that lower gear anyway............

Of course this would be eliviated with a slipper............ look at it as a bit of insurance!

[Edited on 8-8-2005 by andyb]

[KeefyB]

Originally posted by andyb
If you are remotely mechanically minded, or can ride a bit matching revs etc you would probably get away with out ever needing a slipper on a Duke!

Well that'll be me then.
Mind you there is the odd occasion,.............