[Ducati] Sticking clutch plates?

[2vtwin at comcast.net]

You left out the mileage which would be important for somebody trying to make a buying decision, even a clutch from China would not show wear yet with your mileage on that clutch. Just a Thought - Gene

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From: "John L. Bowman" <stick02 at comcast.net> 

> I have a Barnett stack in my ST3 now and so far they are shit hot. No 
> complaints. 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: "Don Hill" 
> 
> Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 19:18:30 
> To:"Ducati Owners Group" 
> Subject: Re: [Ducati] Sticking clutch plates? 
> 
> 
> Hey, that's cool. And I've used lots of their clutches (all dry) in the 8 
> Ducatis I've owned and never been anything but pleased. 
> Don Hill 
> 
> Subject: Re: [Ducati] Sticking clutch plates? 
> 
> 
> >I absolutely hate Barnett products. 
> > 
> > A friend of mine once asked me to instal one of those carbon plate kit in 
> > his R1; 
> > the damn stack was about a whole plate thick out,had to reinstall an old 
> > yamaha plate to make it work...then promptly got it back out again after 
> > we realised it was indeed too thin...the correct number of plates were in 
> > too in case a smartass comment is in the works :) 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Ducman" 
> > To: "Ducati Owners Group" 
> > Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 11:46 AM 
> > Subject: [Ducati] Sticking clutch plates? 
> > 
> > 
> >> Has anyone had their plates stick? It has happened twice after the bike 
> >> has sat for about a week of no use. I can watch the pressure plate move 
> >> out, the sound changes to more of a rattle but the motor is still 
> >> connected to the final drive so when I put it in gear the bike lurches 
> >> forward and dies. To get going I kinda pushed it along and put it in 
> >> gear while moving, then after heading down the road I heard a noise that 
> >> indicated it 'unstuck' , then it worked fine and continues to do so. It 
> >> has a new Barnett kevlar clutch and clutch basket, everything looks 
> >> fine. 
> >> 
> >> Paul 
> 
> 
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