Sounded too good a mod not to try ! just got myself a 2nd hand alloy basket from a 1098 for £20 +post and some new suzuki gs650 plates for £28 inc post, cant wait to get my my 998 project up n running now.
Well new trinkets ordered! Clutch plates/ gold chain and sprocket set with a 14 tooth front sprocket, new bridgstones battleaxe's fitted! So Happy birthday bike! Looking forward to testing once fitted! I think she also deserves a new slave cylinder for the clutch!
wish he could hear us on a happier note l have suzuki plates in my 888 2k of abuse=fine and dandy Steve B
That'll be these then- Clutch Plates Kit Set Suzuki GS650 GX-GZ Katana 81-82 | eBay Cheap as chips - fan-bloody-tastic There's even a heavy duty kit available for 20 squid more - wonder if they'll be worth it? SUZUKI GS650 GS 650 1981-83 INC KATANA EBC CLUTCH PLATES KIT SET CK3330 | eBay
Sorry if I'm being thick - on a standard SS/Supersport (carby) is the basket alloy? Can I just swap the Duc plates out for the Suzuki ones then smoothly ride off into the sunset?
l left my 888 out the other night no plate sticking as yet no slippage either and you get a spare plate in the suzuki kit buy six sets and over time you will have enough left over to make another result
CORRECT STEVE! Those Suzuki plates are suspect (to say the least) if not run in oil. How do I know? I fitted those Suzuki plates and also clean plain steel plates and went on a run from Plymouth out to the Ermington Valley (lovely bit of Ducati road that) and back and I noticed that occasionally the gear change was a bit clunky. I've just pulled the plates out to have a look and lo and behold all of the plain steel plates are now coated in a surface skin of friction material from the Suzuki plates which gives the appearance of rust. There is no way any moisture got in the clutch. I know a number of our forum members have bought these and fitted them, my advice would be to take them out and chuck them away. I've had to order a set of Ducati plates at an eye watering price but no more cheapos for me, the bikes are too good to muck about like that. Alan
Thanks for letting us know your experience with the suzuki plates. I ordered a set the other day and they arrived today. I was planning to fit them tonight so I could go out for a play on Sunday. My basket is as bad as the one in this thread. I thinking I might just bite the bullet and go with Rich at louigi moto advice and have him fit me a sigma slipper with 1198 plates, bullet proof apparently There is an Italian company www.kbike.it that are selling some nice looking kit very cheap. If its all proper billet and not machined up cast, they look cracking value. Not so if it blows itself to bits in 5 minutes though. The £80 baskets on ebay look ok but I'm a bit hesitant about them as well. I suppose the saying "you get what you pay for" app even applies to ducati clutches. At least I can transplant the sigma into a 1098 or 1198, which would most likely be my next Ducati. I'll still keep the 999 whatever happens. Cheers Deaks
thanks alan, the clutch Mr R was talking about was mine, i didnt clean the steel plates before i put them in, they looked ok, where prob in the bike in my garage a fortnight and some where stuck together, resulting in no clutch, stripped and cleaned a fortnight ago, prob only done a hundred miles or so on 3 rides local, but seem ok so far lol, thanks for the heads up on yours. hows everyone elses been and how long in, how many miles?
Darren's SS has done 2k on the suzi plates no issues-well it was fine this morning my 888 has done riughly the same milage no probs apart from neutral a bit difficult to get when stopped no really an issue snick it in coming to a halt not sure what the buid up on the plain plates may be l cleaned mine off before fitting they had some preservative stuff on them out of the packet regards Steve B
Mine arrived today although I'm now a bit reticent about fitting them after reading Alan's comments, although I'll probably have a go and see how they behave. Doubt I'll be able to return them anyway.
I fitted a set of thesr newfren plates in my 999 last year, seem fine after about 1,000+ miles, no issues. I got mine from Germany but these are cheaper from UK. There's a rumour they're the same manufacturer as OE. DUCATI 749/999/ST2/3/4 NEWFREN CLUTCH PLATES | eBay
