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Ochoa0042
Posted on Sunday, November 02, 2008 - 03:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Is it possible to convert the clutch from a wet to a dry one? like the ducati style

(Message edited by ochoa0042 on November 02, 2008)
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Panhead_dan
Posted on Sunday, November 02, 2008 - 04:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

no.
The clutch and primary share lube with the transmission.
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Duff24
Posted on Sunday, November 02, 2008 - 06:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

How cool would it be to have an open primary on an XB : )
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Birdy
Posted on Sunday, November 02, 2008 - 06:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Why your XB doesn't make enough racket for you?
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Froggy
Posted on Sunday, November 02, 2008 - 06:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

The XB fans when they start to die sound like a blender full of rocks, not unlike the dry clutch. Swap your good fan with someone's dying fan! : )
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Petebueller
Posted on Sunday, November 02, 2008 - 07:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I've been told about a primary cage with dry plate conversion that a friend found on the net in a site from the UK or Europe. He came across it while searching for a secondary belt to chain conversion kit. So it may be worth a google.

A dry clutch could be noisy when disengaged. It would also need a system for primary chain lubrication.
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Teeps
Posted on Sunday, November 02, 2008 - 07:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Good one Froggy...
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Glitch
Posted on Sunday, November 02, 2008 - 07:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

How cool would it be to have an open primary on an XB
You mean like this?

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Froggy
Posted on Sunday, November 02, 2008 - 07:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I am sooo doing that to my bike once I get the cash!
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No_rice
Posted on Sunday, November 02, 2008 - 07:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

i believe that is the set up trojan was running on there uly race bike.
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Glitch
Posted on Sunday, November 02, 2008 - 08:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

James, it's a Free Spirits set up.
Tim's right, that's a picture of Matt's Uly racer, I believe it was about three years ago.
Your best bet is to get in touch with Matt, he goes by Trojan here on the board.
He's a sponsor, so you can get in touch with him in the sponsor section.
I checked the Free Spirits website, and Matt's site as well.
http://www.trojan-horse.co.uk/
I don't think it's offered any longer, but if it can still be had, Matt will be the guy to have it for you.
Good luck, and I hope you're prepared to spend some money.
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Ochoa0042
Posted on Sunday, November 02, 2008 - 08:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

would you have to get different types of plates.... I mean is there a difference between the dry & wet plates material wise?
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New12r
Posted on Sunday, November 02, 2008 - 08:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You will def. have to change the plates.

You will also have to weld your cases shut at the tranny.
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Glitch
Posted on Sunday, November 02, 2008 - 08:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I believe that's part of the large cost of such a set up.
Matt did it because he get obsessive about weight loss.
He can get a Buell absolutely anorexic.
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Barker
Posted on Sunday, November 02, 2008 - 10:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

keep your shoe laces tucked in.

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Ochoa0042
Posted on Sunday, November 02, 2008 - 10:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

do you have anymore picks of that bike???
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Swordsman
Posted on Monday, November 03, 2008 - 11:46 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

"The XB fans when they start to die sound like a blender full of rocks, not unlike the dry clutch. Swap your good fan with someone's dying fan!"

Yup! I've got a rumbly one right now I'll trade ya! (my 2nd one in 3 years, no less! )

I think I'm just gonna' rig up a 6 pack of little PC case fans as a replacement. Dirt cheap, low draw, decent CFM (for the size), and less noisy!

~SM}

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Wardamneagle
Posted on Monday, November 03, 2008 - 11:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

'scuse my ignorance but what is the advantage of a dry clutch?
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Bombardier
Posted on Monday, November 10, 2008 - 01:30 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

No clutch plate debris in the gearbox as they share the same oil.

Also a little lighter as it uses a belt, there is no primary cover and a little less oil.
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