Product Description

Kit includes proper number and thickness of friction plates, steel plates and springsThis item fits the following models: 1999-2011 Yamaha XVS650 V Star Custom1999-2010 Yamaha XVS650A V Star Classic2002-2010 Yamaha XVS650AT V Star Silverado

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #108276 in Automotive
• Brand: Barnett Performance Products
• Dimensions: 1.90 pounds

Features

• Kit includes proper number and thickness of friction plates, steel plates and springs.

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Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Gotta love Barnett
By Soggy Mike
This is the Kevlar clutch kit for the V-Star 650 family. Barnett's kit has 6 steel plates, one master plate (plate #1 in Yamaha lingo), 7 friction discs and five springs. You'll need a new clutch cover gasket, too. It shouldn't run more than $10 from any stealership. NSR Tech did a nice YouTube video about changing the clutch on a 650 V-Star. The differences between their video and the Barnett kit are: don't sand the steel plates as you're replacing them, not reusing the old ones; don't soak the discs for 24 hours, 10-15 minutes will do; there's no alignment notches on the Barnett friction plates, that's okay as you don't really need them. Other than those points, the video can be followed step-for-step.

Keep one thing in mind: facing the front of the bike, look at the front cylinder exhaust pipe. Two bolts hold it on. The bolt on the right, as viewed from the front *-does not-* come out. Only the nut comes off. The left bolt *-does-* come out, nut and all. Yam aha made it this way, so don't panic when only one bolt comes out. The pipe slides out easily with this arrangement, even if you've got crash bars. You don't need to completely remove the header pipe. Just loosen it and swing it far enough out of the way so you've got free access to the engine case bolts.

Once installed, this clutch behaves much better than the stock unit. It makes the friction zone (gray area) wider; slow-speed control is amazingly easier than the stock hair-trigger clutch. Barnett's springs are also stiffer than Yamaha's, so there's practically ZERO chance of having clutch slippage. As a side-effect, those springs do make the lever a bit harder to pull. If you don't want or like this, you can use stock springs instead.

PS: Clean your carb jets!