Remember my Rekluse clutch thread???

ridge
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Edited Date/Time 1/21/2012 5:58pm
Well, Patrick at Rekluse came through and UPS brought one to me last night!!!

First of all, thanks to all of you who offered to help me out. That meant a lot to me and made me proud to be a part of this community.

So, now I'm installing the zStart Pro and I have a couple of questions about tuning. I plan to ride 1 gear higher than what is normal, until I get the shifter figured out. I'm not sure how to set this up for my style. Anybody out there who knows?


Okay, who's up for riding tomorrow in the soCal area? Friday, you burned out yet? Smile

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Chris
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Cygnus
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12/25/2008 7:47pm
That's really cool news. Glad they stepped up and set you up !
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12/25/2008 8:12pm
Always good to hear positive news on customer service these days.
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12/25/2008 8:39pm
Awesome. Congrats ridge. Good to hear they supported you.
oldx
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12/25/2008 9:10pm
Great, set it up by the book and it will work just fine riding one gear up. If you ride it too many gears up it will squawk, then just shift it down one, you can't hurt it.
Way to go Rekluse, proud owner of 3 systems.

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12/25/2008 10:57pm
nice work Ridge. Not sure about the rekluse setup but am thinking .020 off the head and race gas are in order.
ridge
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12/26/2008 2:28am
The instructions for the Rekluse install are spot on! Very well written.

Since I was tinkering, I took the kickstarter apart to grease it. I was shocked at how much wear it had and the lack of grease. The bike only has 10 hours on it. The same was true for the brake pedal.

I'm 'super pumped' to see how it helps me. All I keep hearing about is corner speed!


MXER146: What's with the sig? lol. I guess I still have one foot so I'm qualified for MX, right?
kaw rider9
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12/26/2008 5:46am
Cool deal Chris! Happy they steped up for ya.
motofab36
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12/26/2008 6:13am
Ha, it says no footed not one footed. Congrats on the clutch.Smile
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12/26/2008 11:45am
There's no advertising better than word of mouth. Glad it all worked out for you and they stepped up.
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12/26/2008 4:27pm
I in my stalled one in my 05 CR250 a few weeks ago and love it!! For off road racing it is a must. I was worried about how I'd like it on the MX track, well I raced my first MX race with it last week and it is the best clutch system around! I put a Hinson basket in with it and it performs flawlessly! I have all of the balls in for the hardest engagement.

My first hare scramble with it was the week before the MX race. It rained the night before I raced, it was a slippery rooted mess, and the Rekluse saved my ass on more than one occasion!

Rekluse Z-start Pro is the best after market product I have put on the bike!
ridge
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12/26/2008 7:25pm
Alright guys...this thing ROCKS!!!!

I went trail riding today and tried out the clutch. It makes tricky hillclimbs look silly. I'm not kidding! I sold two of these things today to a couple of guys I let ride my bike. Who is it on Vital that is a Rekluse distributor? I need a contact number.


Tomorrow will be the true test. I'm going to Racetown 395 to pound out some laps.

I don't expect any different results as the Rekluse feels the same as a stock clutch at speed. The advantage is when you would normally downshift to get in the correct RPM range, with the Rekluse, you just leave it in the same gear and screw on the power.

If any of you wanna try out this clutch, meet up with me at a track and you can ride my bike. I'm dead serious! Rekluse helped me and this is the only way I can think of to repay them.
Lipert Racing
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12/26/2008 7:53pm
We are Ridge, I will p.m. you our number. Any questions at all, we're happy to help you out.
ridge
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12/27/2008 2:59pm
The track was epic today!

The clutch takes more getting used to on the track. I think my corner speed will be better once I'm used to it. I thought I would have issues with it going off jumps but that was not the case.

Speaking of casing...I came up short on that big jump at Racetown and broke my leg. The expensive one. The parts I broke are about $2500 but luckily they sponsor me. I landed hard enough to bend my pegs...the foot peg and the peg leg! Hahahaha.
worm
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12/27/2008 5:39pm
damn dude thats sounds nasty!

so i take it you are not riding tomorrow? we are trying to figure out where to ride.

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ridge wrote:
The track was epic today! The clutch takes more getting used to on the track. I think my corner speed will be better once I'm used...
The track was epic today!

The clutch takes more getting used to on the track. I think my corner speed will be better once I'm used to it. I thought I would have issues with it going off jumps but that was not the case.

Speaking of casing...I came up short on that big jump at Racetown and broke my leg. The expensive one. The parts I broke are about $2500 but luckily they sponsor me. I landed hard enough to bend my pegs...the foot peg and the peg leg! Hahahaha.
I would love to make fun of a KTM. but I thought you switched bikes. What are you riding now Chris ?
worm
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12/27/2008 5:54pm
last i saw him he was on a suzuki?

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