Ducati Sporting Club UK > DesmoDue Race Series > DesmoDue - General Questions and Chat > Slipper clutch

[paynep]

Originally Posted by multi600

I thought the idea was that the slipper clutch stopped the back wheel from locking when down shiffting, I found the one (standard Ducati one) fitted to the Multi did not prevent this. Last year when I fitted the rear sets to the Multi I inadvetantly converted it to a race shift patern but did not realise till I was out on track, twice in the race at Castle Combe exiting corners I knocked it down a gear instead of up and the back wheel locked solid

Mike

okaaay

[fil2]

Originally Posted by paynep

okaaay

Paul...

Wot slipper have u got fitted .?..the version that comes with the later models or an after market jobby.?

[paynep]

One from a damaged S2R...........which is the same part # as the 620 one, and the one listed in the DP catalogue....

Likewise the 6-speed box, but I'm saving the heads and barrels until 2008 when I go play with the Sport 1000s... ;-)

[the old man]

I ran Sigma slipper clutch in 2006 and can recommend it - I will be running a Sigma clutck in my Thunderbike next year.

Mine was a 5 speed 620SS. The standard clutch has a tendency to grab when coming off the line and I know others have had problems with clutch slip (mine was OK with an extra steel plate in the pack).

The Sigma slipper clutch cured all those problems; it gave smooth take up coming off the line; never slipped (once we'd got the correct spring combinations sorted) and made the bike much more stable on the brakes into the turns - I was a sceptic but ended a convert!