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I had to replace my original clutch after 9K miles, the dealer put in a new OEM clutch for a nice chunk of change. I have noticed the second clutch is starting to slip too much, I'm a little over 21K miles now. I decided that I'm not going to get another OEM clutch, my Barnett kit from newspeedmaster.com arrived yesterday. With any luck I'll get that in this weekend. (Got myself an AI removal kit too :-)

I was rather upset with the seemingly short life of my first clutch, at this point I've chalked it up to:
1) I'm a big guy 300+ lbs
2) I live in San Francisco, so stop and go on steep hills
3) Lane splitting at red lights necessitates hard starts to get in front of traffic
4) Only 4 clutch springs

Hopefully the Barnett setup will be beefier and more resilient.



Probably your weight and the stop and go on those steep hills combined. I have 20,000 on my clutch now and really hasn't even needed much of an adjustment, just to compensate for cable stretch , that's it. I have no slippage at all. I have had many many bikes with 4 clutch springs and that isn't an issue but the tension those springs provide given your weight would be a possible issue. I weigh about 215 lbs so there is enough difference in weight to matter.I do live in a hilly area but nothing compared to you.

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