So its 2 weeks before the first MRA Race and I have to do a rebuild because of these POS plates.
I was trying out aluminum clutch plates, the drive or aka driven plates, the flat ones. They claim to reduce weight in the clutch by up to 65% and cool quicker. WELLLLL even though they are made 'for race purposes' they cant handle it.
I put in the barnett (also made by hyperplates) drive plates. I rode on them for a full day at CDR, that saturday at the free practice from 2-5 and then at pueblo last friday... so three good practice days. So the plates were working fine, this wasnt the first time out on them. Well this saturday at CDR I went down to the lower pits and was going to work on starts while the school was going on... well after about the 6th-ish start my oil light came on and my clutch started acting wierd, so I head back ot the pits. I am wondering whats going on, but everything seemed fine. I shut off the bike and let it sit in the pits for a bit.... went back to it and turned it back on (no problem starting and the light was off) so I get geared up and get ready for the practice.... head out and try to do one lap and couldnt get ANY drive and the clutch was slipping (w/o the clutch pulled in)
Well I thought I cooked the plates doing starts, already thinking that the plates are crap and that I will never use them again, I was upset I was going to loose out on practice on such a nice day... WELLLLLL thanks to Mike Applehans (THANKS!!!! Mike) he had a full clutch set I could use. I go to switch out the clutch and find out, not only are the plates total CRAP, I completely snapped one of the plates in 3 pieces... and about a 3rd of the plate was chewed up and ground up into a nice little aluminum shavings/dust and was distributed ALLLLL over the internals. So now my engine is out and I have to start the rebuild.
So take this as you will, but the plates cant handle hard starts. I will NEVER use aluminum plates again.