http://motorcycle-glossary.com/wet-clutch/69?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wet-clutch Motorcycle definitions for riders who would rather be riding Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:53:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://motorcycle-glossary.com/wet-clutch/69/comment-page-1#comment-5096 Clark Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:19:30 +0000 http://motorcycle-glossary.com/wet-clutch/69#comment-5096 Thanks for the tip about the plates sticking when starting up. My bike often jumps a little when shifing into 1st after starting. I thought maybe the clutch was not adjusted properly. It jumps if I start it in 1st as well (shouldn't do that), apparently for the same reason. I thought the wet clutch was submerged in oil; I now know it's in the "spray" of oil. Thanks a lot. Thanks for the tip about the plates sticking when starting up. My bike often jumps a little when shifing into 1st after starting. I thought maybe the clutch was not adjusted properly. It jumps if I start it in 1st as well (shouldn’t do that), apparently for the same reason. I thought the wet clutch was submerged in oil; I now know it’s in the “spray” of oil. Thanks a lot.

]]> http://motorcycle-glossary.com/wet-clutch/69/comment-page-1#comment-75 Dry Clutch : Motorcycle-Glossary.com Fri, 11 May 2007 03:44:16 +0000 http://motorcycle-glossary.com/wet-clutch/69#comment-75 [...] As opposed to a “wet clutch” which is immersed in a cooling, lubricating fluid, which also keeps the surfaces clean and gives smoother performance and longer life, a “dry clutch,” is not bathed in fluid that robs it of some energy. Since the surfaces of a wet clutch can be slippery (as with a motorcycle clutch bathed in engine oil), stacking multiple clutch disks can compensate for slippage. A Dry Clutch is more like the clutch found on an automobile that separates the engine from the transmission. There is a dry connection between the engine and transmission.  (Compare Wet Clutch). [...] [...] As opposed to a “wet clutch” which is immersed in a cooling, lubricating fluid, which also keeps the surfaces clean and gives smoother performance and longer life, a “dry clutch,” is not bathed in fluid that robs it of some energy. Since the surfaces of a wet clutch can be slippery (as with a motorcycle clutch bathed in engine oil), stacking multiple clutch disks can compensate for slippage. A Dry Clutch is more like the clutch found on an automobile that separates the engine from the transmission. There is a dry connection between the engine and transmission.  (Compare Wet Clutch). [...]

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