ES2 dry clutch

Hi John

I have the primary chain and clutch 'hanging in the breeze' on my Inter. The clutch appears to fine but I have fitted surflex plates rather than the standard insert type ones. It's a very light clutch that is nice to use.

The chains however can take a bit of a battering. I went for a heavy duty racing chain on the primary but I know people that have used standard chains and they've been worn out, or even broken, after 1000 miles or so. The problems really occur when you take the bike out in the wet. Rain water and dirt get in between the rollers and work like grinding paste! I've been careful to take the chain off and clean it then boil it in lube if it gets wet. Hi maintenance but worth it. I've only done about 750 miles on the bike but the chain is still like new. And I know people that have done 10000 miles on one HD chain with no issues as long as you look after it.

I made the primary chain guard for my inter, I'll take a picture of it when I'm in the workshop later and post it if you are interested.

Good luck with your project, they do look nice with the chain out in the open!

Andy

I put some grease on the rollers when I put it together and haven't done anything since. I had the clutch off after about 400 miles to put a smaller gearbox sprocket on and it all looked in good order. Bare in mind that the rollers are only actually doing anything when the clutch is in. Once you let the clutch out the two parts of the clutch are locked together so the rollers aren't being used. The answer is not to sit there with the clutch in at the traffic lights!

I have attached a picture of the chainguard I made, if I was doing it again I would be temptedto carry it on further back and maybe bend it round the clutch drum in the same way as it bends round the engine sprocket. As it is, when the chain runs round the clutch drum it flings oil off all over the back of the bike and especcially the oil tank!

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Hi John

Not sure that they are needed really but I thought they would make a nice touch. I tried to make the bike look as much like as a period racer as I could but it has quite a lot of my own mods and ideas like that on it, as well as a number of concessions to useability and road legal issues...

These things may upset the traditionalists as you said, but I find making the bits very rewarding and it makes the final result that bit more personal.

Good luck with your project!

Andy

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