• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

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Reduced clutch pull on TE310?

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Scott Summers did a write up in dirt bike magazine some may recall regarding their race bikes per the following link:

http://www.dirtbikemagazine.com/ME2...0&tier=3&nid=FE11D727959B4C2AA7906490B9DED4BD


My question is, has anyone tried removing 2 of the clutch bolt/springs on their bike to see about reducing the clutch pull? Thinking about trying it on my 2009 TE310 for grins. Not that the clutch pull is terrible, but to reduce it by like 30% would be even better! Thoughts?
 
I tried it on my TXC250 and got clutch slip in 4th gear and above when hitting a couple stutter bumps. Also when clutching it before a jump on the mx track it gave the clutch a rubber band like feel that I did not care for.

I had them out for one day before putting them back in.

The clutch pull is indeed easier, it is free to try and may work better for other peoples riding style.

Later,
 
That's good info. Most of what I ride is tight single track where the clutch is your best friend if you don't have a Rekluse. The fact that you got some clutch slip at all concerns me though. The pull isn't bad now by any means, but it's not butter either. I kind of like the idea of butter after a long day of off camber hill climbs & rocks on top of rocks.
 
I tried it, and I like it. I'm riding an '07 TE 250/300. On the stand, I didn't really feel much difference in effort to pull in the lever, but when riding, the engagement point of the clutch is much closer to the lever's end of travel. In other words, you only have to pull the clutch in a little bit to get disengagement. As a result, the clutch hand gets a lot less of a workout in the stick farms of NJ since it's pulling the lever much less distance.

I have not yet noticed any slipping, but I carry the extra springs in my tool belt--easy to put back in trailside (with the bike laying over some to prevent oil loss). However, I haven't needed to do this. I like it with just the four springs.
 
Sounds good. I'm going to give it a go and see what happens. What's the worst that could happen?! Yeah I know... I shouldn't even joke about that!
 
Hey, if you have your springs along with you, if you get slippage, just throw them back in. All you need is your trusty 8mm wrench and whatever size the spring bolts are--10mm?
 
ktmtom;35940 said:
Scott Summers did a write up in dirt bike magazine some may recall regarding their race bikes per the following link:

http://www.dirtbikemagazine.com/ME2...0&tier=3&nid=FE11D727959B4C2AA7906490B9DED4BD


My question is, has anyone tried removing 2 of the clutch bolt/springs on their bike to see about reducing the clutch pull? Thinking about trying it on my 2009 TE310 for grins. Not that the clutch pull is terrible, but to reduce it by like 30% would be even better! Thoughts?
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I did it on my '05 TE450, no problems, even beating the snot out of it. :excuseme:
 
Pulled two of the springs out. OH YEAH! That's what I'm talkin about! Nice and easy, just like the early KTM's when the juice clutch first came to life. Nice....
 
ktmtom;35940 said:
Not that the clutch pull is terrible, but to reduce it by like 30% would be even better! Thoughts?
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In the end I decided for me it would be best to change the bend of the clutch lever. After some 'delicate' work with a mapp gas torch, vise, and large hammer it is now much easier to pull the clutch in.

Looks silly but it mimics some of the charm the mx guys had in Hangtown CA where I watched RC race. Think that may have been one of his last CA races.
 
I just did it to my 08 TE 250/300 and it sure feels nicer than before (not that it was bad before) I rode about 4 miles to work and back the other day and didn't notice any slippage - even when I wheelied in 3rd gear - the real test will be in the dirt..hopefully soon. I also agree that you only have to pull the clutch in a little bit to get disengagement, which will be sweet here in the tight rock-filled trails in PA
 
Still going strong with my four springs, too. Just ran the Speedsville Enduro in NY, and I gave that clutch a serious workout. No issues.
 
Enduro Engineering installed a different clutch master cylinder on its TE310 to ease the clutch pull, I guess its from their KTM catalog.
 
Sounds like most people are having good experience with this little trick, maybe I'll give it a try too!
 
Hey Coffee, how much angle change to your lever did you do. I ask this as I am about 250 pounds and figure 6 springs is probably best at my weight and your solution may be best for me.
 
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