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fatboy · #1 Post by **fatboy** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 6:29 pm

Well I'm really pleased to say the Falc fired up with no real problems after being laid up for four months or more.
Today swapped all bleed nipples for stainless ones, fitted Barnett kevlar clutch kit, minor problem is cant select neutral with engine running, think I may have been a bit generous with my coating of oil on clutch plates, will do an oil change tomorrow and see how it goes....
be good to test that clutch kit in anger !

Gio · #2 Post by **Gio** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 6:35 pm

That'll be interesting at the lights if you stall it

fatboy · #3 Post by **fatboy** » Fri Mar 04, 2016 6:42 pm

Well the oil change made no difference but I have not had chance to ride it and get the new oil really circulating to see if that frees up the clutch plates, the sunshine turned to sleet just as I finished the oil change.
Thanks for that reminder Gio about stalling at traffic lights !

Dalemac · #4 Post by **Dalemac** » Sat Mar 05, 2016 7:52 am

I'm doing some work on mine today, full service, changing back to the sl carbon Eprom, balance the thottle bodies, and giving it a damn good clean!

What made you want to change the clutch in the first place?

GregD-UK · #5 Post by **GregD-UK** » Sat Mar 05, 2016 3:00 pm

Hi all,

What pieces of kit do you need to balance the TB's? Just out of interest

old git · #6 Post by **old git** » Sat Mar 05, 2016 3:18 pm

piece of long plastic tubing and some lightweight oil

Dalemac · #7 Post by **Dalemac** » Sat Mar 05, 2016 6:41 pm

Or a set of vacuum gauges. Think mine cost me £50 several years ago and they have paid for themselves many times over.

fatboy · #8 Post by **fatboy** » Sat Mar 05, 2016 6:52 pm

Dalemac wrote:I'm doing some work on mine today, full service, changing back to the sl carbon Eprom, balance the thottle bodies, and giving it a damn good clean!

What made you want to change the clutch in the first place?

Hi Dale,
the original clutch seemed to be spanked, just slippped with a bit of spirited riding, different oil and new springs made no difference so I sourced some EBC friction plates, they do not fit early models, the stack hight to great to fit into the clutch basket leading to catastrophic burning of friction material.
This latest problem is down to my own lack of understanding kevlar friction material and the instruction 'wipe off excess oil'.
I did thinking that an oil soak would be good but if you reed the reports on clutch jets then too much oil causes these problems.
It does not work like any other wet multi plate clutch and I set about this task as if I was working on a Meridan Bonnie

fatboy · #9 Post by **fatboy** » Sat Mar 05, 2016 7:00 pm

The SL Carbon eprom is a proper thug, , like a night club bouncer on speed, total handful and needs treating with some respect. You know it will respond only with brutality and no finesse,
So pissed off that I fried mine along with a Gabro due to a severed earth to the ecu

Dalemac · #10 Post by **Dalemac** » Sat Mar 05, 2016 7:06 pm

That sucks about the clutch and the burned EPROMs!

Yeah, I tried one of Edd's chips, but its just too labouring at low speed and low rpm. The sl was a better all rounder for me.

I've got the standard chip as well, but i've never actually used it!

Actually didn't get round to doing my service in the end, ran out of time in the day. I'll do it tomorrow instead!

fatboy · #11 Post by **fatboy** » Sat Mar 05, 2016 7:18 pm

Im running with a Forza at the mo, good and smooth, yeah maybe gutless at lower rpm, the stock chip is not that bad at all, I got less than 10 miles before the ecu cooked but the Gabro had the clear edge over the Forza, the lunacy of an SL Carbon in terms of brutal acceleration but refined, yes I will buy another

MartDude · #12 Post by **MartDude** » Mon Mar 07, 2016 6:37 pm

old git wrote:piece of long plastic tubing and some lightweight oil

Still into the colonic irrigation fetish, I see