here is one excerpt I read, then I asked a few GP racers in the area.
"STM Slipper Clutch for Ducati, Honda, Aprilia, Suzuki and Yamaha. Innovative STM engineering for a variety of bike applications. Slipper clutch technology reduces rear wheel slip during hard engine braking and acceleration. Used by most factory race teams and super-enthusiast weekend and track day riders. Light weight billet construction lasts longer than OEM clutch material, while providing lighter and more positive clutch feel."
These things are really nothing more than a clutch with an adjustable pressure plate setting. They DO slip in both directions. The mechanism is sometimes a torque sensing switch, that toggles between two settings.
I am not sure this is for me, just because when set-up right, they must eat the plates much faster than normal. If clutch plates are no big deal, and the maintenance, It would probably be a great thing. It might ruin my "wheelie show-off hour" I do on the weekends for the kids, so I might have to pass. I do hate when I grab too many gears, my wheels hops, and the husky will die.
I hasn't done that in a while, maybe that was a break-in issue only.
"STM Slipper Clutch for Ducati, Honda, Aprilia, Suzuki and Yamaha. Innovative STM engineering for a variety of bike applications. Slipper clutch technology reduces rear wheel slip during hard engine braking and acceleration. Used by most factory race teams and super-enthusiast weekend and track day riders. Light weight billet construction lasts longer than OEM clutch material, while providing lighter and more positive clutch feel."
These things are really nothing more than a clutch with an adjustable pressure plate setting. They DO slip in both directions. The mechanism is sometimes a torque sensing switch, that toggles between two settings.
I am not sure this is for me, just because when set-up right, they must eat the plates much faster than normal. If clutch plates are no big deal, and the maintenance, It would probably be a great thing. It might ruin my "wheelie show-off hour" I do on the weekends for the kids, so I might have to pass. I do hate when I grab too many gears, my wheels hops, and the husky will die.
I hasn't done that in a while, maybe that was a break-in issue only.