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12 steps to changing your clutch
By Daryll Young on 24/10/2010 16:59:06
Change your clutch in 12 easy steps
1 First up, soak the new clutch plates in clean engine oil for a few hours. While you're waiting, warm your engine, drain your old oil out and fit a new oil filter2 Using a T-handle hex-driver or hex bit undo and remove the clutch cover. Even
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D.I.Y - How to change your clutch plates and springs
By Daryll Young on 23/07/2008 14:28:59
Slipping clutch? Fitting new plates and springs might sound like a right old to-do, but actually it's dead easy. So do it yourself. Here's how
Jump to our 12 step guide to changing your clutchThere's nothing to be scared of. Replacing worn clutch plates is well within the scope of a competent home mechanic with nothing more than basic, decent-quality tools.Things you'll need:Simply, this
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Understanding Quickshifters and Slipper Clutches
By Harriet Ridley on 22/11/2003 11:03:48
Forget about brushing up on your cornering skills. If you really want to go fast then focus on changing up and down the gears swiftly and cleanly
you hit a junction or to change gear. But then came the clutch - a mechanism that separates the running engine from the rear wheel. The clutch transmits power from the engine to the rear wheel via the gearbox, giving the rider control over
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Honda announce new dual clutch system
By Visordown News on 22/12/2008 09:44:28
New design to feature on future models - most likely the new VFR
Faster, smoother shifts, say HondaHONDA HAS announced that it is developing a dual clutch system for its future motorcycles.At the moment, the system is being called the Next Generation Transmission and is claimed to give faster, smoother and more
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Clutch/throttle Masterclass: Part Two
By mark forsyth on 23/08/2011 11:45:26
Poetic Darwinian moment
The camera's rolling, you feel compelled to show-off. Not always advisable if your machine control is this lacking...
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Honda's 2nd gen. Dual Clutch Technology
By Ben Cope on 02/11/2011 13:49:28
What changes have been made to Honda's automatic gearbox?
Honda's Dual Clutch Technology (DCT) is in its second generation. The first, as used on the VFR1200FA was remarkably smooth, but Honda being Honda, well, they had to tinker with it.DCT works by having one clutch for odd-numbered gears and one
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VIDEO: Honda dual-clutch semi-automatic transmission explained
By Visordown News on 08/09/2009 18:38:22
A video demonstartion of Honda's new VFR gearshift system
CONFUSED BY all the hi-tech blurn surrounding Honda's new dual-clutch semi-automatic transmission, revealed by Visordown earlier today?Then take a look at this video, which goes some way to explaining how the system works.
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Dual clutch Fireblade in the pipeline
By Visordown News on 03/06/2010 12:31:17
Honda lining up a paddle-shift sportsbike for 2012? We reckon so
HONDA JAPAN has filed patents that show how its VFR-style twin-cluch system could be modified to fit the company's Fireblade sportsbike, Visordown can reveal. The key element to Honda's revised design, further emphasising the firm's intentions to spread the system across its rang...
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Ailing Stoner opts for lighter clutch
By Visordown News on 31/07/2009 21:43:57
Ill health forces young Aussie to rethink machine set up
SICKLY AUSTRALIAN Casey Stoner is using a specially modified clutch to help with his fatigue problems, the rider revealed at Donington Park.“It’s lighter, to make it easier for me,” he said, adding that there were some heavier internal components
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Clutch/throttle Masterclass: Part Three
By mark forsyth on 24/08/2011 11:34:02
Eastern bloc block-heads
The clutch control seems OK, but keeping her lit while she's a-snakin' an' a weavin' might have been a mistake
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