This was a fun experiment! Ive got about 20 hours on these spacers with zero issues so far! I'll keep you posted. #beta #300 #clutch Check out Owens Video! • How to make a Beta clu...
I guess you never rode in the 80’s or 90’s any new hydraulic clutch is butter. I have a 17 300RR is butter. I know the 2022 are even lighter but C’mon give a break. Go for a squid Rekluse. Or just ride and not cry about clutch pull
@@PlushEnduro not at all. Just a typo I see. I ride a 2017 beta 300re. I appreciate you making content but the clutch pull is not hard on the new bikes. In the old days the pull was extremely difficult on some bikes. We’d lube cables, change springs etc. so to ride a newer generation hydraulic clutch takes no effort at all
@@utahdesertrider1806I’m just trying to help people out. There’s a lot of people out here riding with broken hands/ carpal tunnel / susceptible to arm pump, etc. For me, it’s the cumulative clutching all day in very technical terrain that would get me.
@@utahdesertrider1806 I know what you are saying about some clutch pulls, but I also include the 70's, because I was there too. :) My 2019 YZ250 has a very nice clutch pull for 2 fingers (which I am used to, because of the 70's 80's and 90's lol). But the hottest trick in those days for an easier clutch pull was adding 10mm to the actuating arm length at the cases. Then that "Easy Pull", devise was made that went in the cable, but I never tried it. Another way to move toward the easiest pull is something else I see this guy doing, moving the perch down the bar so you are grabbing the end of the lever with 1 or 2 fingers. Most lever perches have a screw adjustment to get the end of the lever back closer to the bar for the easy reach.
I have a few comments about this. Plastic, even abs will have trouble with the heat of a clutch, metal would probably be better. They make a devise that is intended to help with finger/grip strength if you are having trouble disengaging the clutch. All of the spring modification WILL reduce clutch holding force thus reducing engagement power and clutch plate life. You will be far better off with some sort of leverage increase from after market clutch levers or a little exercise. Back in the old days we used to go the other way to get stronger clutches.
"They make a devise that is intended to help with finger/grip strength if you are having trouble disengaging the clutch." Yea, every bike I had in the 70's. :)
beta makes a retrofit kit now for MY 2016-2021 to get the diaphragm clutch ! i am looking to get it but im on the fence its 600$. i have the 9mm master cylinder and it got lighter but thinking about it
Really cool video. great info and demo. i have seen owen's video about the washers. i may do this when i'm in the clutch cover next. i personally didn't think the beta clutch was that heavy but i don't slip it much. What does my head in more is the slight clutch drag, so annoying. i have seen an internet post about adding shims between the washers on the roller bush in the clutch but i think that is for a beta trials bike which i think has slightly different arrangement. i don't think the xtrainer has the washers on the roller bush. i shall investigate it one day. :o)
@@PlushEnduro on top of the roller Bush? Be interested how that goes👍I have some 0.25 shims to add🙂just not sure as don't think xtrainer has the washers to fit them between🙂
I had to put it on top on the stack so it’s closest to the pressure plate. I thought the bearings would do more damage to my plastic (abs) shim than having it ride directly on the pressure plate itself. We’ll see. Where did you find the shims? From the trials site? I should add that also didn’t have two washers to stuff the shim between.
@@PlushEnduro If you want the lightest pull without the worry of clutch slippage or additional pull that leverage based systems introduce, then try the Clake One Light Clutch. Dial in as much assistance as you want! It's a bit expensive but I've been using the same one on every bike I've had since my 2014 300RE. That's probably about 1000hrs of use and it's still going strong!
@@PlushEnduro Now there is a problem I have to work on. I take everybody seriously, and it gives me a very poor view of mankind today. I think this one is one of the few I got as a joke, so I just gained a little hope. :)
"Indexed" is not the right term, (man I have to dig deep to get you, lol). Indexing it a rotational measurement. That washer is a nest, that keeps the end of the spring centered. I might make some for my YZ. :)
5 springs? Maybe swap them for the 250x springs and screws? I did that on my yz250 2 stroke and it made a considerable difference. Or remove one completely. For a trail bike I doubt you get much slippage. 🤷♂️ I like trying stuff though.
@@PlushEnduro you got it. I actually put 250fx Springs and two 1.3 mm washers stacked. No slipping yet. Made a difference but don't have a luggage scale so couldn't measure, that's a good idea though
@@PlushEnduro Yes it would most likely slip. I tried on my 2018. Have 6 screws and removed 2, was slipping quite a bit when getting on the Fatty pipe power !
Removed 2 springs on my 200 evo trials bike....zero slippage, but also using MTL tranny fluid which is quite thin and has pretty grippy feel of engagement... Im also on the lighter side at 150 lbs... so maybe with that combo, thats why I dont get any slippage... Give it a try, do a high gear pull up a hill, you will hear it slip if it does ;)