Recluse clutch (centrifugal)

[dafydd roberts]

recluse clutch (centrifugal) does anyone know anything about these, a bike on trademe I have in my watch list has been fitted with one, not sure I'm interested in it anymore.
I assume its the same setup as some of the smaller dirt bikes eg. klx110 xr50 no clutch lever or have I got it totally wrong. but how would that go with something like this WR250. Would it be a good Idea



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We import them for NZ dealers, and I can tell you from experience that they work very well, but are expensive in the region of $1400 RRP. The Pro-Clutch works very well and is very reliable, with all the stuff we do I have put the clutch through some serious abuse and its holding out very well. The best setup you can get (although it is the most expensive) is the Pro-Clutch with rear brake kit, with a clutch over ride lever. It basically allows you to still have the ability to have clutch control, so if you come to a log you can clutch the bike over it untill you get to a point where the auto clutch can take over. It takes about 2 weeks to get used to the setup.

Advantges

1, No need to worry what gear you are in, so long as you dont expect it to pull up a hill doing 2 kmh in top gear, although it will do it, you will soon burn out the clutch

2, Ideal when in technical terrain

3, you can blast out of corners in a higher gear than normal

4, Nearly impossible to stall the bike

5, Can climb hills in higher gears than normal

6, Lets you concentrate on controlling the bike rather than worrying about clutch control

7, easy installation

Disadvantages

1, Bike can not be bump started

2, If your on a steep hill and you dont have a rear brake on the handle bars you cant use your clutch as a brake as the rear wheel is disengaged from the engine.

3, Expensive

4, Will not make you Chris Birch but helps a hell of a lot in the technical stuff.

Hope this helps.

[camchain]

A mate has a Recluse on his Yamaha HL500 (TT500 engined 70's works replica) and he loves it. A few of you will have seen the bike around - yellow twin shocker. He gets this monster machine around the trees at a very respectable pace. It almost never stalls in the gnarly stuff, even if you drop it. The auto makes a lot of sense for his particular bike.

I rode it recently and found it very easy to manage in the tight and twisty but also very weird as normal control actions are almost hard wired into the body. Gave myself a couple of frights attempting to stomp the non-existant brake pedal (R brake lever on bar in place of clutch lever). Big thing I found is I tended to ride in a gear too high as you don't get the usual feel of what gear you're in, and I think this would have been pretty hard work for the clutch. His bike can be a beast to start which makes the lack of bump start ability a minus, but then this is obviously offset by the fact you almost can't stall it. I didn't like the feeling of changing gear 'without the clutch' - I felt like I was abusing it!

[Taz]

I got one a few years back out of the US for my YZ250F. Cost around $900 back then. They are a great clutch even in MX racing. Are they worth the cost? My honest opinion would be no.

[oldguy]

We import them for NZ dealers, and I can tell you from experience that they work very well, but are expensive in the region of $1400 RRP. The Pro-Clutch works very well and is very reliable, with all the stuff we do I have put the clutch through some serious abuse and its holding out very well. The best setup you can get (although it is the most expensive) is the Pro-Clutch with rear brake kit, with a clutch over ride lever. It basically allows you to still have the ability to have clutch control, so if you come to a log you can clutch the bike over it untill you get to a point where the auto clutch can take over. It takes about 2 weeks to get used to the setup.

Advantges

1, No need to worry what gear you are in, so long as you dont expect it to pull up a hill doing 2 kmh in top gear, although it will do it, you will soon burn out the clutch

2, Ideal when in technical terrain

3, you can blast out of corners in a higher gear than normal

4, Nearly impossible to stall the bike

5, Can climb hills in higher gears than normal

6, Lets you concentrate on controlling the bike rather than worrying about clutch control

7, easy installation

Disadvantages

1, Bike can not be bump started

2, If your on a steep hill and you dont have a rear brake on the handle bars you cant use your clutch as a brake as the rear wheel is disengaged from the engine.

3, Expensive

4, Will not make you Chris Birch but helps a hell of a lot in the technical stuff.

Hope this helps.

Hey thanks for the info, much appreciated, I was looking at buying a bike that was fitted with one, I missed out on it, so was wondering what one would cost.
The type of riding I do, and the amount of riding i do, would not justify the cost of getting one, but if one had the money, definitely get one, would make it so much easier for an oldguy to ride