Can you get stock clutch plates anymore?

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  • 1980GS1000E
    Forum Sage
    Past Site Supporter
    • Aug 2007
    • 1665
    • San Diego, California, USA

    #1

    Can you get stock clutch plates anymore?

    I am in need of fiber plates for my bike and am coming up empty on stock stuff.
    I know to stay away from Barnett, but what is the best choice for street use?
    Current Rides: 1980 Suzuki GS1000ET, 2006 H-D Fatboy, 2021 BMW K1600B
  • Cipher
    Forum Sage
    • Mar 2016
    • 3129
    • Toronto Ontario

    #2
    Three fiche sites show that
    Driven are available but drive are not
    alpha sports list the drive as available at 33 dollars x 8 needed
    1983 GS 550 LD
    2009 BMW K1300s

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    • 1980GS1000E
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      • Aug 2007
      • 1665
      • San Diego, California, USA

      #3
      It says 8 but I count 7. Are there any aftermarket ones that are decent? The price seems too high...
      Current Rides: 1980 Suzuki GS1000ET, 2006 H-D Fatboy, 2021 BMW K1600B

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      • Cipher
        Forum Sage
        • Mar 2016
        • 3129
        • Toronto Ontario

        #4
        Originally posted by 1980GS1000E
        It says 8 but I count 7. Are there any aftermarket ones that are decent? The price seems too high...
        Fiche says 7 steel 8 friction
        Price probably reflects gouging arising from scarcity of stock
        1983 GS 550 LD
        2009 BMW K1300s

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        • TeamDar
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          • Nov 2008
          • 1137
          • St. Louis, MO

          #5
          I have a factory bag of 10 Suzuki new OEM plates with the factory labeling. I will sell all ten for $200 including shipping to the USA. If you give me a text number or email I can send pictures. Dar

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          • Grimly
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            • Sep 2012
            • 5764
            • Ireland

            #6
            Nothing wrong with EBC plates.
            Dave
            '79 GS850GN '80 GS850GT
            Only a dog knows why a motorcyclist sticks his head out of a car window

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            • 1980GS1000E
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              • Aug 2007
              • 1665
              • San Diego, California, USA

              #7
              Count the plates in the graphic. I count 7 friction plates.
              Current Rides: 1980 Suzuki GS1000ET, 2006 H-D Fatboy, 2021 BMW K1600B

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              • Sandy
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                • Feb 2004
                • 7507
                • Cranbrook, BC Canada

                #8
                Originally posted by Grimly
                Nothing wrong with EBC plates.
                EBC has always been my go to replacement for clutches. If you order a kit they come with springs that are pretty much a stock replacement meaning you don't need to be a gorilla to pull the lever in.
                '84 GS750EF (Oct 2015 BOM) '79 GS1000N (June 2007 BOM)

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                • Guest

                  #9

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Cipher
                    Fiche says 7 steel 8 friction
                    Price probably reflects gouging arising from scarcity of stock
                    There is no such thing as price gouging, just the law of supply and demand acting in a free(ish) market.


                    Mark

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                    • bonanzadave
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                      • Jul 2006
                      • 9623
                      • Minnesota

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Big Jay
                      I used that APE nut and FBG fibres.
                      82 1100 EZ (red)

                      "You co-opting words of KV only thickens the scent of your BS. A thief and a putter-on of airs most foul. " JEEPRUSTY

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                      • Cipher
                        Forum Sage
                        • Mar 2016
                        • 3129
                        • Toronto Ontario

                        #12
                        Originally posted by mmattockx
                        There is no such thing as price gouging, just the law of supply and demand acting in a free(ish) market.


                        Mark
                        Where did you get your economics degree?
                        1983 GS 550 LD
                        2009 BMW K1300s

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                        • TeamDar
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                          • Nov 2008
                          • 1137
                          • St. Louis, MO

                          #13
                          Originally posted by bonanzadave
                          I used that APE nut and FBG fibres.
                          FBG fibers are great but unfortunately they are not available in the GS1000 chain drive size. Dar

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                          • Guest

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Cipher
                            Where did you get your economics degree?
                            You don't need an economics degree to understand this, it isn't rocket science. To call it 'gouging' assumes there is some morally/ethically correct price or profit level. There is no such thing as long as both sides of the transaction are there voluntarily.

                            Anyway, back to clutch plates.


                            Mark

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                            • Nessism
                              Forum LongTimer
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                              • Mar 2006
                              • 35790
                              • Torrance, CA

                              #15
                              There are lots of NOS clutch plates on ebay for a fair price. Search on the PN...

                              Ed

                              To measure is to know.

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