How much are clutches?

[tng21]

Been out and about on the bike a couple of times now and all of a sudden the revs have gone high as if the clutch is starting to slip a bit. Just wondering roughly how much im looking at just to buy one?

either new or second hand if its worth it?

[Gemini]

check out http://www.gear4bikes.com

£40.95 for clutch plates

i personally wouldnt bother buying second hand, not cost effective in my view

hope this helps

gem

[tng21]

cheers mate, thats not too bad actually, thought it might be quite a bit more than that for some reason.

Thats eased my fear for a bit lol

[RedexRobB]

If you have to replace the steels aswell thats when it gets pricey i think. Need to do clutch on my 7R, but you need to measure the clutch freeplay and all sorts of toad so gonna have a garage do it.

[masterofinsanity]

i remember paying £86 for mine, but can't remember if that included steels or not.that was from cradley.

[superman]

try replacing the cable first thoe cos mine was slippin like that but when i changed the cable it was like brand new.

[rene]

you wont this kit, makes the clutch sooo much nicer!

http://www.intobikes.co.uk/products?vhl ... &x=56&y=10

id also recomend chageing the drive plates as well as they cost somthing like £10 for the set

[Jamz]

As Rene says - the EBC kit is advisable because others have been known to be a bit carp.

Also, when was your last oil change? Might be worth putting new oil in - but if you do that make sure you tell the garage to re-use the oil (if they doi the clutch) or they'll charge you for new oil again!

Some people have alsoi reported slipping clutches after using fully synthetic oil, or if they put car oil in rather than bike oil (because car oild have a slippy agent in as they don't have wet clutches!).

[tng21]

cheers guys.

I DO need to do an oil change. Should of done it ages ago to be honest but havent got round to it yet. so will check the cable etc too.

havent looked at the links yet but will do now.

[superman]

defo worth doin the cable as mine was makin the bike rev like fk in the end i couldnt go above 10,000 revs or it would just start revin. sounds like your problem is the same.

[Northern ANdy]

mines slipping at above 12k rpm under high load, its got fully synth but is the castrol r4 stuff.

[superman]

is that cos of the oil then? or is it the cable? i had afew problems an it was all down to the cable i was pricing up a clutch and everything.

[rene]

i used castrol R4 in my 400 for about 15,000 miles and had no problems

[Jamz]

Hehehe!

Who's gonna start the 'Synthetic Vs. Semi-synth oil in older bikes' argument again???