Open Clutch Cover
 

Hello

What are the benefits of an open clutch cover on a standard clutch?

Apart from the bling factor surely as long as you clean out regulary all should be fine for road and a few track days.

or am I missing something:puzzled:

regards

TopiToo

The dust will escape mate and cluch will run cooler :cool:


And they look and sound better :cool::cool:

I'd quite like an open clutch cover, but IMHO they only look any good with a billet pressure plate, stainless steel springs and anodised spring caps to show off underneath it, so you're getting into quite a bit of wedge.

Whenever I've had that sort of money, there's always been something that I've needed a bit more, like new tyres or something.

My ST has it's standard clutch cover, but I'm thinking about doing the same trick on it as my 888, which came with a closed carbon fibre clutch cover that has a couple of washers between each mounting point and the clutch housing, thus creating a gap to let the dust out

Hello

Thanks for the info, not to worried what my clutch looks like as long as it does the job, like the idea of cooling it down though.

as I have a spare clutch cover I may start drilling a few holes and see what happens.:D

regards

TopiToo

great idea jools, open clutch covers have always been a worry for me on trackdays in case of a trip in the gravel, should still keep the gravel out:burn:

When things run cooler they also perform better, hot plates expand ever so slightly. Run an open cover and you will notice a slight smoother increase in performance.

Wet clutches lose the bike Bhp as there is drag in the oil, I suspect hot expanded plates may create the same drag.

Moto GP bikes have no cover at all.

If doing track days swop it over for the original. More likely to have an off. A relativly minor spill can cost heaps if the bike goes dode on the clutct. No one worried about bling on your bike at trackdays.

Or get one of these

http://secure.speedymoto.com/Merchan...ory_Co de=CPP

The pressure plate should protect the posts

And then get the open cover

http://secure.speedymoto.com/Merchan...gory_Co de=CC

Nelly at Cornerspeed stocks them:D