Sounds like a cartoon character but it's not. I toasted my clutch this weekend. Max-Torque 11t Box Stock/Clone clutch I got a couple months ago, brass sleeve shot to shit.......:facepalm:
Pretty sure I know why. I always ride on paved surfaces and twice in the past two weeks I rode on either a gravel roadway or on forest pack (pine needles, rocks, sand at a camp ground) and did not clean or oil the clutch after those dirty runs. I ran the bike at least a dozen times altogether between oiling, did not adjust my clutch maintenance schedule to factor the changed conditions and here you see the results. :censure:
While I very meticulously oil my clutches (I even bought this cute oiler!) I did not specifically oil or clean the clutch after these dirty runs and that being the only variable in my routine. I also don't have a clutch cover. So, unless I'm missing something else, it would seem the lesson here is if you drive through sand and dirt YOU MUST ABSOLUTELY CLEAN AND OIL YOUR CLUTCH immediately thereafter. I'm just not riding on that shit anymore.
Meantime, new clutch sprocket on the way!
Pretty sure I know why. I always ride on paved surfaces and twice in the past two weeks I rode on either a gravel roadway or on forest pack (pine needles, rocks, sand at a camp ground) and did not clean or oil the clutch after those dirty runs. I ran the bike at least a dozen times altogether between oiling, did not adjust my clutch maintenance schedule to factor the changed conditions and here you see the results. :censure:
While I very meticulously oil my clutches (I even bought this cute oiler!) I did not specifically oil or clean the clutch after these dirty runs and that being the only variable in my routine. I also don't have a clutch cover. So, unless I'm missing something else, it would seem the lesson here is if you drive through sand and dirt YOU MUST ABSOLUTELY CLEAN AND OIL YOUR CLUTCH immediately thereafter. I'm just not riding on that shit anymore.
Meantime, new clutch sprocket on the way!