Strongest clutch cover??
 

......I'm looking to get a strong clutch cover for the 996, I've strength tested a couple!!!:frog::frog::frog: and found that the carbon one I first tested was useless (no **** Sherlock!!) and the Casoli one was pretty good.

Anyone else had experience of good / bad ones?

How does the standard (double skinned) cover stand up in comparison?

I've presently got one of those Titanium STM jobs fitted - which I reckon won't stand much impact.

Tim

Like this one!!!
 

Tim,

This one arrived for my 999 from Tecmoto today. Can't fit it yet as MCN have still got the bike but the quality looks spot on and very strong. I would imagine that the 996 version would be just as good.

Tim JHP have one that is miles stronger that Tecmoto. More ribs to it. The one I had from Tecmoto done the job, but only just. I repaced it because I know that it won't take another fall.

Jon

Tim,

Another option might be a strengthened pressure plate.

It had raised sections that protect your spring posts

I'm sure there was a link to one (Felix???) from this site recently.

Seemed quite reasonable on price at the time too.

Looking at the clutch half-covers, I would have thought that these provide less protection as the bike is more likely to slide nose-first, and there ain't much protection at the front!

Surely in this case a ventilated full cover, like Everton showed above, would be better?

How about a titanium one? :D

NCR make a full cover in titanium - daytona MCs in ruislip and islington sell a DP one out of titanium too

They do a DSC discount an' all!

Tim

I've "test driven" two Casoli ones - very good.

Ive got one of these Casoli covers on my 999.I have'nt crash tested it,but it seems to be a fairly solid bit of kit.

Thanks for the responses guys....
 

....Guido - I've got a STM fitted, so a reinforced pressure plate can't help here....

I like the look of the TecMoto full cover over the Casoli one, so might opt for that.

Does anyone know how strong the standard ones are? I might use this, but it'll not allow much airflow, unless I space it out and it won't show the bloody expensive slipper!!!!

Tim:frog::frog:

My clutch cover on the track bike is very similar to that one from Casoli but I have less vents.

It looks very tough and I would assume that it is able to take impact very well as well as scrubbing on the tarmac.... although I have never guinea-pigged that myself. Looks tougher to me than the standard cover as well.

It doesn't show the slipper clutch much, but what should you care. It is there for efficiency during downshifts, not posing value!!

I remember there being a picture here a while ago from someone (and apologies for forgetting your name! ) who had drilled his standard cover to vent it.

It looked blinking good, so you might want to give that a try?

Ah, just found a pic on the old message board:



Thread is here:
http://www.ducatisportingclub.com/co...id=28&tid=6461

I have this one fitted to my 998s and I think its a DP product.

I have crash tested a standard clutch cover twice and both times snapped posts off the basket. One was a car park topple at 5mph so don't think it would fare any better in a "proper" crash.

The standard covers are well known for being weak. Any "hole drilling" you do it only make matters worse. Rattler's picture of the nearly-failed Tecmoto one illustrates perfectly what happens. The end of the fairing gives way and the clutch cover beares the grunt. The problem with any metal clutch cover that has openings in it, is that ones "dented" the shear off the posts. Look at Antonye's picture. See how far the springs protude from the pressure plate? If that clutch cover gets "dented", which it will since it's a drilled stock cover, it will act like a saw blade on the spring posts.

I've had several lowsides on the track and have never damaged the clutch, even in my recent off at Oulton Park (where by the way the crash bungs were utterly useless and did more damage than good). I've had great success by reinforcing the fairing with additional kevlar around the area where is overlaps the clutch and using a "reinforced" carbon clutch cover. Yes, not all carbon clutch covers are made equally. One of the best features of a good carbon clutch cover is that it "springs" back and so won't stay dented and shear off your spring posts. I know some of you have had damaged your clutch with carbon covers. I use this one:
CarboTech part number MODU940611

They also make a waterpump protector for those left hander lowsides: MODU940519

I think Rhencullen is the UK distributor but JHP used to do them as well.

I've tested the old style Tec Moto cover and it did it's job on a high speed low side into the gravel on Clearways at Brands. I had no hesitation in replacing it with another new item exactly the same.

BTW, the Tec Moto covers are exactly the same as the DP ones, just not as expensive :)