BigAlMacMac
Registered user
For those with an non GS off road bike...
I have recently got into offroading and plan to do Enduros and Hare and Hound events, but not seriously as neither my ability or fitness is up to much.
I ride a KTM 200 EXC which is an excellent, suitably powerful and small bike to chuck around without too much fear of being damaged. However, in my practice and more so in my first couple of events I found I was stalling the bike a lot and suffered severe fore arm pump on my clutch hand.
I did some googling and found recommendations of fitting a Rekluse automatic clutch. I had this done by the excellent chaps at Triple D racing in Kendal.
What is it?
-its a centrifugal pressure plate that engages the clutch plates when the engine spins up to speed and disengages when engine not spinning.
-it effectively manages to perfectly slip the clutch whenever you need it.
Good points
-its fantastic!
-no more rear wheel spinning in mud due to to much power in too low a gear, just go up a gear more than normal and the clutch slips perfectly
-no more stabbing the power or cutting it by poor clutch control. Perfect control every time
-much better traction
-almost impossible to stall, so no continual kick starting or getting stuck in the main riding line and trying to get the bike going again
-unbelievable slow bike control
-you can lock the back wheel and not stall the bike.
-frees up the clutch space on your handle bar to fit a left hand rear brake.
Down points
-£300 fitted
-loss of engine braking at the lowest engine speeds but apparently techinique can fix this.
Overall an unbelievable bit of kit.
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I have recently got into offroading and plan to do Enduros and Hare and Hound events, but not seriously as neither my ability or fitness is up to much.
I ride a KTM 200 EXC which is an excellent, suitably powerful and small bike to chuck around without too much fear of being damaged. However, in my practice and more so in my first couple of events I found I was stalling the bike a lot and suffered severe fore arm pump on my clutch hand.
I did some googling and found recommendations of fitting a Rekluse automatic clutch. I had this done by the excellent chaps at Triple D racing in Kendal.
What is it?
-its a centrifugal pressure plate that engages the clutch plates when the engine spins up to speed and disengages when engine not spinning.
-it effectively manages to perfectly slip the clutch whenever you need it.
Good points
-its fantastic!
-no more rear wheel spinning in mud due to to much power in too low a gear, just go up a gear more than normal and the clutch slips perfectly
-no more stabbing the power or cutting it by poor clutch control. Perfect control every time
-much better traction
-almost impossible to stall, so no continual kick starting or getting stuck in the main riding line and trying to get the bike going again
-unbelievable slow bike control
-you can lock the back wheel and not stall the bike.
-frees up the clutch space on your handle bar to fit a left hand rear brake.
Down points
-£300 fitted
-loss of engine braking at the lowest engine speeds but apparently techinique can fix this.
Overall an unbelievable bit of kit.
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