Topic: clutch springs?

[Don R]

  The Rat Race bike has reeeeal stiff clutch springs. They need to go, what's available these days?  Are old stockers the go to spring? I see Barnett, Vesrah, EBC, and even
Sirius $9.99 delivered on ebay. 
  Does anyone have a preference for mostly normal street riding?

[PeWe]

My K2 has Barnett CB750 springs. Middle number -56-
Work fine, not hard for clutch fingers

My K6 with  +100whp must use the  stiffer Barnett with middle number -66-
They are for the smaller CB's.

Slip with the weaker Barnett springs despite glass beaded metal discs, later clutch from an F2. Tested twice.


These made my clutch fingers really tired. It helped to lubricate the clutch cable with  teflon cable spray.

Next step was "dog leg" type of  clutch lever,  more comfortable.

Both my bikes got them for clutch and brake.

GP style here https://vintagecb750.com/products/clutch-lever-gp-style

Stock type of clutch lever under the dog leg type that is more comfortable, flatter closer grip.

The golden spring, the weaker for CB750. -56-
Black the stiffer with middle number -66-

[HondaMan]

  The Rat Race bike has reeeeal stiff clutch springs. They need to go, what's available these days?  Are old stockers the go to spring? I see Barnett, Vesrah, EBC, and even
Sirius $9.99 delivered on ebay. 
  Does anyone have a preference for mostly normal street riding?

The normal Vesrah or OEM springs work fine for me up to 80 HP. Does the bike have OEM clutch plates, or something else?

[Don R]

  The Rat Race bike has reeeeal stiff clutch springs. They need to go, what's available these days?  Are old stockers the go to spring? I see Barnett, Vesrah, EBC, and even
Sirius $9.99 delivered on ebay. 
  Does anyone have a preference for mostly normal street riding?

The normal Vesrah or OEM springs work fine for me up to 80 HP. Does the bike have OEM clutch plates, or something else?

  It's not likely over 80 HP, but it is a K1 ported and cammed 836 with Mikuni carbs. It has a set of frictions that were advertised as oem Honda but when they arrived, they were obviously not. The friction material and adhesive were sloppily applied, and I had to clean the tabs off to use them.  So my answer is that they are likely Chinese junk. (Not the boat) The steels were sanded with a DA. It does have a newer clutch, basket etc. in it with a later cover.

[PeWe]

I used Cruzinimage low priced clutch plates with 836cc, 80whp on dyno. K6 clutch, no double metal plate. Glass beaded metal discs.
Those plates work fine despite made in China.

My almost stock K2 has a K2 set. 58whp a few years ago. Runs better now, maybe a little more at top.
61.50 392 CI pistons.

[Don R]

 It does have Magura levers, the collections of old parts that I bought out had some really nice finds in them. I'm sure that the sellers have some level of remorse now that I've made use of what they didn't.