Treachery
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No slipper on the 2015. The internet speculators now say 2016. You should probably wait till next year...
And/or practice your downshifts...
No slipper on the 2015. The internet speculators now say 2016. You should probably wait till next year...
Anyone heard anything else on this? Part list available for retro-fit? I was reading somewhere the slipper models have a lighter lever pull and apparently I've become spoiled by hydraulic ones so I wouldn't mind that at all, not to mention they make backing it in a lot easier.
I personally don't think these bikes need a slipper clutch. I don't think I have ever felt the rear slide under hard braking.
Unless you raise the compression or they plan on increasing the weight of the fly wheel I don't think it's needed
It's CERTAINLY not needed. If anything, it's just a marketing checkbox to add because the baby ninja has one and the squids will use it as one of their buying decision points... nothing more.
Slipper has nothing to do with preventing slide, but it will prevent hop. Slide is fun and potentially fast, hop is upsetting and slow. Yes, hop is technically a mistake on the part of the rider by letting the clutch out too quickly, but that's what technology is all about, making shit easier. If I can remove the possibility of that mistake and save myself that half a second in a race at a critical moment because my slipper caught my mistake and I didn't blow the corner, it's absolutely "needed" in my book. Plus, at a mere $200, I'll pay that just to get rid of the heavy clutch pull. E-mail out to the dealer on pricing...
I was at NJMP a couple of weeks ago for the last Cup race of the year. While speaking with Mitch and Uli at HMC about next year they mentioned that the only difference between this year's Cup bike and next year's will be the addition of a slipper clutch. I was told that the slipper clutch upgrade kit for this year's bikes (2015) was going to cost less that $200 (race truck pricing). That price will probably be higher at the local dealers.
We shall know for sure next year...
Mike
Do you think there will be a aftermarket slipper clutch for the RC 390 any time soon
.Do you think there will be a aftermarket slipper clutch for the RC 390 any time soon