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| stock klx150 clutch housing |
Experimenting
with my Kawasaki KLX150 is what I love to do. The one and only reason why is
because I want my KLX150 to be the most comfortable and easiest bike one can
ride and in this case the one is referring to me. One of the thing that I do is
trying to make the bike as light as possible by reducing the unnecessary parts
for example the rubber on the foot pegs (this may cause slippery especially
during off road riding), the indicators, the rear mudguard and also by
replacing the stock part to a much lighter aftermarket for example the alloys rims
and alloy handle bar.
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| stock with 4 springs |
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| drillings on the stock clutch housing |
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| the racing 6 springs clutch housing |
One
day I saw some tips from Indonesian riders on how to mess with the stock clutch
housing for Kawasaki KLX150 from the internet throughout my random search and
it made me think about it. Well I can say that it was my brave experiment on my
own KLX150 as I thought to myself “if I don’t do this now, then when will I…” I
saw how the Indonesian riders are actually doing the modifications on their own
bike and I am pretty much sure that the tips that they showed is going to work
one way or another.
The
modifications on the stock clutch housing is made by drilling some holes on the
clutch plate base and the holes are organized by following zigzag pattern (or
something representing the action of zigzagging). I thought to myself that this
modifications is going to work and surprisingly it did and excel up until
today. Well the purpose of doing the zigzag drilling or holes is actually to
let the oil come reaching the clutch plate to avoid those plates getting dry and
to keep the clutching as smooth as possible and again let me repeat IT TRULY
WORKS!
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| drillings on the racing clutch housing |
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| view from the inside of the housing |
I’ve
been riding my KLX150 for quite a time especially for extra rough off road
riding after the stock clutch housing modifications or should I say drillings
and it never lets me down. I can feel the smoothness of the clutching and I
don’t have to worry about any clutch slips because it never happens, yes let me
repeat THE CLUTCH SLIPS NEVER HAPPEN AFTER I DRILLED THE CLUTCH HOUSING BASE!
And
after searching in the internet on racing clutch housing I found out this
famous brand known as REKLUSE (I am pretty much sure you have heard of it too).
It’s a very common name among professional rider in motocross or enduro cross
riding and even for on road extreme riding. What amazed me the most is as I go
through REKLUSE racing products I found out that they are having the same
drilling pattern on their products and I thought if REKLUSE is doing this
meaning I am on the right track all along. It is a very nice feeling to know
that we are doing a beneficial modifications on our bike.
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| stock and racing clutch housing side by side |
So
my advice is if you guys out there wanna try the same stock clutch housing
modifications just go ahead because it’s not gonna affect the performance
instead you will feel the smoothness once you pull the clutch lever. And one
more thing this modifications or shall I say drillings is going to save your
money for the cost of buying a new clutch plate every time they worn out
because this modifications will make your clutch plate last even longer.
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