If you are racing SS, and your bike has a slipper clutch as original equipment, when you replace the clutch, does it have to be OE components? Meaning, if my bike has a slipper, and I replace it, can I use an STM when replacing it, or do I have to use the OE stuff?
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they should allow slippers on SS bikes, period.
Don't know the answer for sure, but my instinct is it needs to be the stock one.
I asked Kevin Elliot the very same question. From his answer I understood that slipper clutches are legal whether they are OE or not.
Sweet 8) Now I gotta get an STM in there :D I like the STM's for some reason. Seem to work better. I had a "Motowheel's" slipper from www.motowheels.com and it worked alright, but the STM worked better and was worth the extra $. Yoyodyne also has their own slipper, and a friend has it on his 998, but I never rode the bike so I don't know how it acts.
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I have a Yoyo in my 1000 ss. I've used both and I can't tell the diff. I like the start's better with the Yoyo. It's less $ too. But i have nothing good to say about Fred. >:(
QuoteI have a Yoyo in my 1000 ss. I've used both and I can't tell the diff. I like the start's better with the Yoyo. It's less $ too. But i have nothing good to say about Fred. >:(
I have yet to put a slipper in my 1k yet, but when I do it will likely be a Yoyodyne.
Sorry you had a bad experience, I've had nothing but top notch service from him and recommend him to all my friends.
I don't know if the Motowheels and Yoyodyne slippers are the same manufactuerer with a different logo, but, the Motowheels seemed to engage differently as opposed to the STM I had. I think, but I"m not sure, that the Motowheels and Yoyo slippers are the same company, just different branding. I had the same plates in the STM and the Motowheels. The Motowheels slipper was definetly great for the money. :)
Question.. If a bike has a slipper clutch can it be bump (push) started if it stalls?
QuoteQuestion.. If a bike has a slipper clutch can it be bump (push) started if it stalls?
My guess is yes. Seen a street ZX10R pop started last year.
QuoteQuestion.. If a bike has a slipper clutch can it be bump (push) started if it stalls?
I would say without question as the MotoGP bikes all have slipper clutches and all of them use some form of roller to start.
The 'busa had a slipper clutch, I thought it was used to protect the engine in case you downshifted too early and generated too many revs.
I agree with Eric about MotoGP.
The one thing that you can't bump start is those dang SV's, its rollers or a starter or the rear just locks up. :-/
Dawn
QuoteThe one thing that you can't bump start is those dang SV's, its rollers or a starter or the rear just locks up. :-/
Dawn
Twins can be more of a PITA to bump start.
Well, I got to use my Yoyodyne slipper last week at Daytona, and this thing was GREAT. Only downside was that it was sooo smooth I would sometimes forget which gear I was in and start to wonder if I missed downshifts.
As for bumpstarting, yes, you absolutely can. My battery died on the grid (long story) but I was able to bump start mine within 3 running steps (I was shocked how easy it was, my 600 isn't that easy)
QuoteI asked Kevin Elliot the very same question. From his answer I understood that slipper clutches are legal whether they are OE or not.
whew... I was a little freaked out when questioned about it on the main forum. My intrepretation was that they were legal, but again, it could be open to intrepretation.
The only SS class I run is heavyweight (on my 600), and I only chose it becasue of where it fell on the schedule for Road A. I want to run the same classes all year, so if it isn't legal, I need to switch to HWSB now vice sometime later in the season.