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Offline Colin Tweedie

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lightening cb 500 4 clutch
« on: September 26, 2012, 02:14:10 PM »
Started work on the clutch on the race bike looking to loose a couple hundred grams .Dismantled clutch and started to remove metal from individual parts --- gear ring was first as most gain could be had as this is the heaviest part

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Re: lightening cb 500 4 clutch
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2012, 02:15:40 PM »
Next the basket

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Re: lightening cb 500 4 clutch
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2012, 02:18:16 PM »
Next outer plate

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Re: lightening cb 500 4 clutch
« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2012, 02:22:12 PM »
Inner plate

Offline MRieck

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Re: lightening cb 500 4 clutch
« Reply #4 on: September 27, 2012, 06:43:39 AM »
If you are counting grams you can remove a good amount of material off the shift drum. I have seen Kawasaki kit parts that are incredible. Are you going to balance the basket?
« Last Edit: September 27, 2012, 06:45:44 AM by MRieck »
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Re: lightening cb 500 4 clutch
« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2012, 08:17:35 AM »
It's more the revolving and reciprocating weight I want to reduce although I have done a little work on the drum and forks . I will balance the whole reassembled clutch on a high point balancer 

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Re: lightening cb 500 4 clutch
« Reply #6 on: September 27, 2012, 08:24:22 AM »
It's more the revolving and reciprocating weight I want to reduce although I have done a little work on the drum and forks . I will balance the whole reassembled clutch on a high point balancer
That is what I thought. the balance will round it out nicely. ;)
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Re: lightening cb 500 4 clutch
« Reply #7 on: September 28, 2012, 01:38:47 PM »
Inner clutch bit thing

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Re: lightening cb 500 4 clutch
« Reply #8 on: September 28, 2012, 01:41:10 PM »
Put back together ready to ballance