| Author | Message | ||
     Buells Rule! (Dyna in disguise)  |
Ok its not a Buell, but holy crap is this quick. Stock ZX10R with stock wheelbase & no wheeliebar. Fast Kaw | ||
| Spike  |
Yikes! Consistent 9.3x-9.4 ETs. That's scorchin' fast. Mike L. '04 XB12R | ||
| BadS1  |
Awesome rider very consistant. | ||
| Steve_mackay  |
Wow!! I wish I could keep the Buell's front end down that well on a launch  | ||
| Crazyhorse  |
Wow what a clutch | ||
| Noface  |
what clutch? Is there one left?  | ||
| 12bolt  |
Yeah, I think you could sit on the tank and not get a launch that fast without it trying to flip over!  | ||
| Wyckedflesh  |
Slipper clutch is stock on those bikes so yes it probably still has a clutch left. I always wanted to figure out how to put the clutch from my ZX6 into the XB for those kind of launches. | ||
| Tucsonxb9s  |
 I take it it wasn't his first run down a strip...holy crap! Unbelievable that he doesn't loop the thing. Hell, does he have a velcro treaded front tire? Maybe 50 pounds of lead? That was fun to watch. Thanks Dyna. | ||
| Tripper  |
Slipper clutch has nothing to do with launching, does it? | ||
| Wyckedflesh |
Yes it can Tripper as it takes less effort to slip the clutch with less abuse to the plates then a stock clutch. | ||
| Gowindward  |
BLISTERING!! They only way to skin that big Kaw is to lead (that's if you get a big head start) into the curves. | ||
| Tripper |
Sure you don't have your slippers on backwards? | ||
| Buells Rule! (Dyna in disguise) |
I dont know if a slipper clutch would make launching easier, arent they primarily for roadracing so a rider doesnt need to be as particular about matching engine speed with the proper gear? Come into a corner hot & if you downshift the slipper clutch gives you that margin of safety that wont cause the motor to rev to the moon & break the rear end loose. Maybe it will help with the launch, I really dont know. | ||
| Buells Rule! (Dyna in disguise) |
They only way to skin that big Kaw Big? That bike is physically smaller than the Kawi 636 Ninja. Its a very small bike with a hell of a motor in it. | ||
| Wyckedflesh |
It will do the exact same if your are hard on the revs for a launch and let off the clutch hard. I don't mean dump it, but let it off almost to full lock up but leave it to slip slightly. The same thing that makes the slipper work on a down shift works in this case as well. | ||
| Blake |
Road race slipper clutches only work in one direction, to keep the rear wheel from skidding upon downshift. My impression is that drag racing clutches are a different animal; more to do with calibrated spring pressure and such. Or I could be wrong too. | ||
| Court |
>>>Road race slipper clutches only work in one direction, to keep the rear wheel from skidding upon downshift. That is an accurate statement. | ||
| Rick_a  |
Several new sportbikes are stock with an anti-backtorque type slipper clutch, not the kind used in higher evolved drag bikes, as has been said above. The drag type clutches use lightened springs or no springs and instead rely on weights that apply higher pressure with increasing centrifugal force. As far I know these are not really "slippers", but are often called "lockup" clutches. There is actually currently one type that I know of available for Sportsters/Buells. Supposedly the benefit for the street is less clutch effort at the lever at lower speeds and a solid lockup at speed. | ||
| Craigster |
Dragbikes use lock up clutches as described above and also use 'slider' clutches, which allow rpm based lock up and do not use a hand operated clutch lever. Kind of like an automatic clutch. Some folks have called them slipper clutches but, slider is the long standing term. |
