I have put in new EBC plates and springs and have correct oil. I only cleaned up the metal plates....they had blued a bit, removed all of that with 1200 wet and dry. Should I have replaced them. Or should I use stronger springs? The clutch at the moment is not fierce.

BTW how much oil are people finding the blade engine uses?

I'm using a bit, difficult to quantify at the moment, somewher in the regon of 0.75 litre per 1000 miles

Forgot to mention, it went well at 120 mph today, helmet well forced back by the wind!

[Edited on 26/10/04 by Lightning]

Friend had his R1 checked out last sat and they said it should use about 1L every 1000miles so sounds about right.

ebc clutch springs are absolute shite. phone up barnetts and get extra heavy duty ones from them instead. £12 and they work great- i did same as u an got ebc kevlar clutch. fitted springs that came with them just to see if they had improved them (various peeps on here having warned me that the ebc springs were shite.) and still had clutch slip. was not a happy camper. be canny when fitting the upratede springs as they are rather a lot tighter than the ebc ones aand dont do what i did and shear a bolt.
fixed now with little drama though.

Thanks for the reassurance.
I will change the springs PDQ

Fitted springs and seems to have cured problem

It must have always slipped a bit as the accelaration is much better

ARRRH! Been watchin all this on clutch
slip n need to know just wats best
my blade is in need of a clutch n still
dont know wats the best way to go
do i need to fit new plates or just HD
springs HELP!!!

success then! excellent! Buy heavy duty springs first Ash. if eventually u smoke your clutch like i did (doing quarter mile sprints) the ebc Kevlar clutch friction plate kit did the trick for me me but under no circumstances fit the ebc springs thatt come with them- absolute rubbish!

[Edited on 1/11/04 by scotlad]

Agreed, the EBc springs were rubbish

The other springs were not only stiffer but about 1/2" longer.

My clutch pedal feels similar to car engine now.



BTW Any one want some EBC springs

yes I agree EBC clutches are poor I fitted a kevlar EBC clutch with so called uprated springs last week to my injection blade engine it lasted just 200miles and 2 racing starts and 4 do-nuts at a track day on wednesday before it was completly burnt out.I have since fitted a barnett uprated kevlar with "proper" up rated springs, they are a little more expensive but are better quality than the EBC, the plates are alluminium so they are less harsh on the clutch baskets
just a point if any one is thinking of fitting a KEVLAR clutch, the plates are best soaked in oil overnight before fitting