[Ducati] Anyone own a 749 w/Evoluzione clutch slave cylinder?

[mike major]

I too stepped off an old Beemer Airhead, which I still own, and promptly stalled my new ST4s trying to exit the dealers, several times.  I have the Yo-dyne slave cylinder, slipper clutch plus Yo-dyne street/track clutch pack installed and after countless hours of experimentation have a clutch that I can set out from a standing start with a reasonable degree of confidence that I won't make a fool out of myself.  The combo that works for me is one of the original steel plates on the inside, lightly greased, the clutch pack installed with both dished plates, set up with very little slipper movement needed to activate the slipper clutch and the outside pressure plate riding on one of the friction plates.  It works fine, especially under heavy deceleration, I still need to pay attention when starting from a standing start and the noise scares small children but it is the best I have been able to do.  Good luck, Moonbeam

James Wexler <JamesWex at msn.com> wrote:   Bob:
I found your thread out of desperation with a clutch issue.
I had bought a '98 ST2 a couple of years ago knowing that I'd need a new clutch at some point. The action was "grabby" and getting worse. "Dr. Desmo" out in Chicago 
convinced me that an Evoulzione slave cylinder upgrade would be a good idea, so I bought one. While I had the bike in the shop for a 24k service and new clutch I had them install the new Evo cyl. It worked great for about 2k then started to feel grabby again. Back to the shop and they claimed that the Evo may not be compatible because of a possible rod discrepency. The new plates were soaked in oil now because the "ring seal" was shot, a $5. item which should have been replaced originally at the 24k service/clutch installation. They gave be a "break" on another clutch kit install with a new ring seal. Right out of the shop driveway it was just as grabby, so it's back down
there now. I live an hour away from the shop, $1000. in clutch work to date, and I'm ready to go back to old beemers!
Got any helpful ideas?
Thanks for listening, Jim Wexler, Sharon, CT. JamesWex at msn.com
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