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Re: new 5/6 plate clutch for lambrettas
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 7:45 pm
by twin peeks
looks areal nice job
Re: new 5/6 plate clutch for lambrettas
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 8:02 pm
by rocho68
Adspeed wrote:Looks real nice that!!
Can you post a picture of a plate against a typical lambretta plate to compare the actual surface areas....?
Cheers Adam.
heres the size adam , my mate works for ap braking but used to work in there rd clutch dept , apparently lambretta plates are fundimently flawed due to both design , use of steel instead of alloy and the amount of tabs also has an effect on how it works , well thats what he tells me anyway !!!!
Re: new 5/6 plate clutch for lambrettas
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 8:05 pm
by RICSPEED
what are the plates off??
Re: new 5/6 plate clutch for lambrettas
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 8:07 pm
by twin peeks
they look like aprillia rs125
Re: new 5/6 plate clutch for lambrettas
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 8:27 pm
by soulsurfer
Re: new 5/6 plate clutch for lambrettas
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 8:55 pm
by rocho68
yes if you squint in a dark room !!! , ive tried to use ready available parts that i can modify as thats what i enjoy , 7 hours later and you have what you see and no packing plate !!!!
Re: new 5/6 plate clutch for lambrettas
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 9:24 pm
by soulsurfer
Yeah, the packing plate thing is a bonus, I think Richard was aiming at higher bhp/track bikes with 7 plates.
Yours looks good tho'.
Re: new 5/6 plate clutch for lambrettas
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 9:26 pm
by Adspeed
Clutches are something I've never really looked into to be honest. I fitted my present one and its been spot on.
As you say I use ally plates with a decent compound. Combined with a proper oil and no issues.
Increase in tabs can only be a good thing but one thing that stares me in the face here is the actual surface area of the plates. Surely less surface area means less material to hold the power? Had looked at a kit for the smallframe which used bike plates but had the same thoughts..........What HP does the bike theyre out of have and how many plates as standard?
All in all looks a good improvement over standard for sure.
Adam
Re: new 5/6 plate clutch for lambrettas
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 9:33 pm
by mark
in restricted form it puts out 14.9bhp and unrestricted 31-33bhp and thats with std plates so will cope with at lest 40 bhp if you consider aprillia would put in a safety factor of 20% min to stop warranty issues.
there are 6 plates in a std 125
Re: new 5/6 plate clutch for lambrettas
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:09 pm
by carlos fandango
Well done lee
, looks awesome.
have you tried one in a scoot yet?
Are you going to the Olympics to tomorrow? see you there if you are.