I have never owned a dry clutch bike before but I notice that when I am accelerating from a standing start the clutch moans - sounds like it's a friction thing between the plates. Do they all do this or do I have a problem? Thanks, Daniel.
Mine did. And like you I had no idea. They are easy to take to bits and inspect and clean. Mine was fixed by getting all the dust out and using some brake cleaner on the surfaces. Have a google and you’ll see it’s really easy to take to bits and inspect. As long as you keep all the bits in order it is an hours work start to finish.
Iirc (been years since I had a dry clutch) it’s possible it needs a clean. I used to just blow out dust with an airline
Yep - get that with most dry clutch Ducatis. Strip the plates down, give them a scrub with cleaner, dry, reassemble and sorted - half an hour, tops. Until I did this, my 749R sounded like a soul being tortured on pulling away.
I have always removed the rubber gasket and the put two washers on each bolt between the cover and engine. The small gap allows the dust to exit. No graunching.
I thought about that but was worried about water ingress. Not that I like riding in the wet. But it’s the UK...the standard clutch parts are just steel and would rust wouldn’t they?
I have done that on a couple of bikes too. Water can get in but only a tiny bit - the pros outweigh the cons.
