I just got my SBP expansion chamber in on Friday - and I can tell you that it is well worth the money. In fact, I have gained so much horsepower that my engine has come to overpower my clutch. Admittedly, it a bit loose when I had started using it - I would gun the throttle to get moving and it would rev really high while moving forward then drop back down to its intended rpm's - but even after screwing with the adjustment ad nauseum I can't find the sweet spot.
A while back I broke my kit clutch lever in a crash, and swapped to my old front-brake lever after getting a dual lever for my brakes. The lever didn't have nearly as much range of cable pull, but with some fiddling I was able to find a spot where it would fully engage and disengage appropriately. After riding with more power, however, that sweet spot has disappeared. My only conclusion is that the initial clutch-slippage was enough to weaken the clutch grip to where it needs a longer pulling lever to work properly. As I'm running now the clutch audibly squeaks at all times, and I can't WOT for fear of damaging it even further.
That being said: How do I fix this? I haven't opened it up yet (I can't ruin it to get to school tomorrow) and I know that the flower-nut does the same thing as screwing with the cable tension. Do I need new clutch pads? Could it be that my clutch got gunked up on the inside coincidentally the same time I got the pipe (trust me (I've had experience) correlation doesn't mandate causation)?
Of-course I could get a new clutch lever, but I like the one I've got (beats the **** out of the piece o' crap they give you in the kit)...
Thanks for the help
A while back I broke my kit clutch lever in a crash, and swapped to my old front-brake lever after getting a dual lever for my brakes. The lever didn't have nearly as much range of cable pull, but with some fiddling I was able to find a spot where it would fully engage and disengage appropriately. After riding with more power, however, that sweet spot has disappeared. My only conclusion is that the initial clutch-slippage was enough to weaken the clutch grip to where it needs a longer pulling lever to work properly. As I'm running now the clutch audibly squeaks at all times, and I can't WOT for fear of damaging it even further.
That being said: How do I fix this? I haven't opened it up yet (I can't ruin it to get to school tomorrow) and I know that the flower-nut does the same thing as screwing with the cable tension. Do I need new clutch pads? Could it be that my clutch got gunked up on the inside coincidentally the same time I got the pipe (trust me (I've had experience) correlation doesn't mandate causation)?
Of-course I could get a new clutch lever, but I like the one I've got (beats the **** out of the piece o' crap they give you in the kit)...
Thanks for the help
