DrewXX

My brother has worked for WIX for almost ten years. They make there own filters, and OEM filters... Ford Power Stroke Air, Corvette fuel,... I know they make some filters for other brands, but when they do that WIX makes them to the other brands spec (IE lower than WIX). I have seen filters cut apart, and seen tests, all I run is WIX. Just my info.

Plates were not blued, just glazed. I did get a new gasket. I have never tried to reuse a gasket, and there would have been no way to reuse this one. I got to take the bike for a test spin last night. Clutch holds well, and I can't hear any chatter... at least not over the CCT.

I will try and get some pictures tonight, but might not get them posted until tomorrow night. The bike is a theft recovery. Only damage in the theft was a cracked right side fairing, which has been replaced. Like I said, the price was right. I am willing to give the bike the love it needs. Drew

O yea, the bike has about 14k miles on it.

Again I expect this bike has been USED. The metal plates were glazed badly. Most of the fiber plates were not 100% gone, but one of them was broken in three places! I would bet this bike has been down the 1/4 mile a few times... and with someone that was afraid to launch. I will see if I can snap a few pictures of the disk before I trash them. May be a day or two before I can post them though.

A little background first. I had a new '98 XX a few years back and was forced to sell it for various reasons. This past weekend I picked up a used '99 XX. It had not been cared for in the manner I would like, but the price was right. First thing I did was run to the local Honda shop and pickup some tune up items. Air filter, plugs, switch back to the factory fairing screws where they had been switched out, and picked up some synthetic oil and a filter. Changed the oil and took the bike for a spin. Clutch was toast. After talking to a bike mechanic friend of mine, he informed me that switching to synthetic oil on a clutch that is WELL worn will make the worn clutch present itself. So last night I picked up a new clutch from Honda. This was the first time I have changed a motorcycle clutch. Not a hard job at all. Let all the new clutch disks soak in oil while I was taking everything apart. Pulled out all the old clutch disk and metal disk. Sanded the glaze off the metal disks and cleaned them up. Reinstalled everything. I have not taken it for a test ride yet (it was late, and it's raining kind of hard), but started it up and clicked it into first. Just from that I can fell a much more satisfying clunk when putting the bike in gear. Anyway just want to let anyone that may be interested know that the clutch job is not that hard. Make sure you get a new gasket. Mine tore in several paces and was well stuck to the case. :cool: