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To: Little Pig

“Bikes generally have wet clutches,...”

That’s true, but I think a Harley has a dry clutch. The transmission is separate from the engine, kind of like a car (a front wheel drive car, but with the engine crankshaft 90 degrees off from the wheel axles).


47 posted on 05/29/2014 9:18:32 AM PDT by MikeSteelBe (Austrian Hitler was, as the Halfrican Hitler does.)
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To: MikeSteelBe

Sportsters have wet clutches. I do not know about others.


50 posted on 05/29/2014 4:11:33 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: MikeSteelBe

The clutch on HDs are wet and located in the primary chain case, which is separated from the transmission oil and engine oil. (No friction material will contaminate the other oils.)


61 posted on 05/29/2014 5:43:55 PM PDT by OA5599
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To: MikeSteelBe

Only the early Harleys and the belt-primary bikes had true dry clutches. The later bikes, and chain primaries from about 84 onward use wet clutches.


69 posted on 05/29/2014 9:17:12 PM PDT by Little Pig (Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
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