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04-16-2010, 03:18 PM
Just got done installing my QSC clutch kit. Tan primary, yellow/black secondary, 35 gram weights x6.
The bike setup is a 2009 Outlander 800R XT with HMF slip on, HMF gen 3 optimizer, 28" Zillas on 14" ITP 212's. 54 hours, 529 miles, factory belt.
First off the engagement... Stock was around 1850 and was very "jerky" when trying to take off at low RPM's. It was near impossible to slowly move the bike when you were loading or unloading. Inching forward was impossible. After the kit was installed my engagement is around 2700-2800 and is much much much smoother. It's very nice to be able to inch the bike forward without having the bike lurch and jump. It's awesome. Couldn't be any better.
Take off... Stock, the bike would pull the front tires in the air of you stayed on the gas hard and would eventually take the nose towards the sky after 15-20 feet and you would have to feather the throttle. After the kit it is near impossible to launch at full throttle without winding up on your bumper within 5 feet. You can launch full throttle and you have to almost instantly back off the throttle and just feather it to keep the nose up.
Shift out... Stock it would turn 6700-6800 RPM's at WOT and would stay there pretty much to top speed. It pulled fine and had a steady power curve all the way to 50-55 (where it would peak but keep pulling to over 70). After the kit the shift out is around 7800-7850 and the motor turns up much quicker and stays turned up through 45 (space was limited so I could only get to 45). It seems to pull about the same as the stock clutch at WOT (after you feather it to get the front end back on the ground).
I called Adam @ QSC and discussed the clutch and we decided the weights are a little light and that by changing 3 of the 35's to 37's my RPM's would drop 300-400 and get me back into the peak power range of the engine. 7800 is fine but I'm loosing 4-5 HP being over the "sweet spot" of the engine. Adam is a great guy and talked to me for almost 20 minutes on the phone going over my setup and what we needed to change. He said all I needed to do was send him back 3 weights and he would ship me 3 more at no charge. He even said if that didn't work he would keep sending me anything I needed to get the shift out where it needed to be at no charge. You can't ask for better customer service than that.
Over all I give the setup a 9 out of 10. The engagement is awesome, the pull at WOT from take off is amazing. Once we get the weights right and get the shift out tuned in I would be willing to give this kit a full 10 out of 10!!!!
The bike setup is a 2009 Outlander 800R XT with HMF slip on, HMF gen 3 optimizer, 28" Zillas on 14" ITP 212's. 54 hours, 529 miles, factory belt.
First off the engagement... Stock was around 1850 and was very "jerky" when trying to take off at low RPM's. It was near impossible to slowly move the bike when you were loading or unloading. Inching forward was impossible. After the kit was installed my engagement is around 2700-2800 and is much much much smoother. It's very nice to be able to inch the bike forward without having the bike lurch and jump. It's awesome. Couldn't be any better.
Take off... Stock, the bike would pull the front tires in the air of you stayed on the gas hard and would eventually take the nose towards the sky after 15-20 feet and you would have to feather the throttle. After the kit it is near impossible to launch at full throttle without winding up on your bumper within 5 feet. You can launch full throttle and you have to almost instantly back off the throttle and just feather it to keep the nose up.
Shift out... Stock it would turn 6700-6800 RPM's at WOT and would stay there pretty much to top speed. It pulled fine and had a steady power curve all the way to 50-55 (where it would peak but keep pulling to over 70). After the kit the shift out is around 7800-7850 and the motor turns up much quicker and stays turned up through 45 (space was limited so I could only get to 45). It seems to pull about the same as the stock clutch at WOT (after you feather it to get the front end back on the ground).
I called Adam @ QSC and discussed the clutch and we decided the weights are a little light and that by changing 3 of the 35's to 37's my RPM's would drop 300-400 and get me back into the peak power range of the engine. 7800 is fine but I'm loosing 4-5 HP being over the "sweet spot" of the engine. Adam is a great guy and talked to me for almost 20 minutes on the phone going over my setup and what we needed to change. He said all I needed to do was send him back 3 weights and he would ship me 3 more at no charge. He even said if that didn't work he would keep sending me anything I needed to get the shift out where it needed to be at no charge. You can't ask for better customer service than that.
Over all I give the setup a 9 out of 10. The engagement is awesome, the pull at WOT from take off is amazing. Once we get the weights right and get the shift out tuned in I would be willing to give this kit a full 10 out of 10!!!!