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O.K., I have browsed through the Barnett and Speed* clutch upgrade discussions and I have a question before I proceed. My 07 midnight warrior has just turned 13K miles and I have had it less than a year. I ride it HARD all the time. I was in a parade in VA over the 4th of July and was doing my share of mini-burnouts (road commas) to the annoyance of the HD riders behind me (they always seem to be behind me?!?!?!?). As you can imagine, after several miles of that, my clutch would not engage from overheating and I was able to pull over (without the HD riders knowing what was up!) and let my bike cool down for 30 minutes. The clutch worked fine for the rest of the trip and I changed the oil when I got back. Fast forward a few months and I noticed that my clutch seemed to slip a little when pulling hard in friendly racing situations with my friends. Now, I got up early this morning and went for a ride and it is very evident that my clutch is slipping a lot.
My delimma is that I am leaving on a 1200+ mile 3 day ride on Friday morning and I don't know if I should tackle this project right before I leave (experience says that I should't do any major work on a bike the week of departure) or should I open her up and check spring tension....etc.. I am pretty convinced by reading through this forum that I have probably fried my friction plates???? Is there a simple solution or do I need to replace my entire clutch assembly and is going stock not recommended. I have PR BAK, V&H Big Shots, AIS removed, PCIII w/ amospro. Suggestions anyone?
My delimma is that I am leaving on a 1200+ mile 3 day ride on Friday morning and I don't know if I should tackle this project right before I leave (experience says that I should't do any major work on a bike the week of departure) or should I open her up and check spring tension....etc.. I am pretty convinced by reading through this forum that I have probably fried my friction plates???? Is there a simple solution or do I need to replace my entire clutch assembly and is going stock not recommended. I have PR BAK, V&H Big Shots, AIS removed, PCIII w/ amospro. Suggestions anyone?