Performance Clutch

Developed and manufactured by Barnett for the Big Twin and Sportster models from Milwaukee. The Scorpion billet clutches feature friction discs with carbon ceramic compound that provide over twice as much friction surface area compared to your stock clutch and will hold all extra horsepower that is added to stock engines. All Scorpion clutches provide a positive engagement and release. The age-old problem of “finding neutral” is virtually eliminated and shifting through the gears becomes smooth and precise. Steel spacers on the clutch pack ends eliminate wear on the aluminum surfaces. Scorpion billet clutches incorporate six heavy-duty coil springs instead of the stock diaphragm spring. In addition, an extra spring set with a different spring rate is included which allows the clutch to be tuned from mild (street) to wild (race), depending on the usage. Tunability is easy without the removal of the primary cover. This kit is made to be used with the stock Harley-Davidson clutch basket. A replacement disc pack for the respective clutch consisting of all steel and friction discs is available separately.

The clutches of Knuckleheads, Panheads and Shovelheads originally use ten strong coil springs. With a foot clutch or a “Mouse Trap” this is no problem — but with the hand clutch, which became standard on Harley-Davidson models from 1965 onwards, things are different. Harley did offer weaker clutch springs and an additional pair of plates for this configuration, but adjusting the springs properly was still tricky.
The Pro-Clutch replaces the ten coil springs with a diaphragm spring, similar to those used on Evo models. When correctly adjusted, it even provides a self-energizing effect: once you pull the clutch lever past a certain point, the pull becomes progressively lighter. Thanks to the more than 50% larger friction surface, the same power is transmitted with less spring pressure. As a result, the Pro-Clutch requires less hand force to operate.
In addition, the Pro-Clutch features a double-row ball bearing with seals on both sides to guide the clutch basket. Spring preload is adjusted by evenly tightening four nuts — no distance measures, no indexing of nut faces into notches. Just simple and easy.
The kits fit inside the original clutch basket and require no more space than the old 10-spring clutches. They also fit inside the stock primary chaincase, and installation is no more complicated than that of an original clutch.
Each Pro-Clutch kit includes a clutch hub with bearing, friction and steel plates, a pressure plate, a diaphragm spring with retainer plate, four spring adjustment nuts, a clutch hub nut with seal, and English installation instructions.

Easy on the hand with smooth engagement combined with no-slip performance at full throttle, high rev take-offs - these are guide lines which are not easy to meet for a clutch system. While modern bikes perform satisfactory in stock configuration, they soon reach their limits with increased engine potential. A 124 cui. S&S powerplant literally smokes the original clutch or requires clutch springs and lever pulling efforts that only some Arnold Schwarzenegger would find acceptable. This problem goes to extremes in drag racing and that's exactly where they developed a brilliant device to fight it: The variable pressure clutch.
Its principle is an array of weighted levers on the pressure plate which increase pressure on the clutch pack due to centrifugal forces when the engine revs up. Clutch slippage is made nearly impossible with this set-up. The drawback is that pure variable pressure clutches are not suitable for street riding with its varying traffic situations. The Japanese T.P.P. pressure plates so-to-say combine the best of both worlds: conventional clutch actuation supported by a variable pressure type pressure plate. The big advantages of this combo are that much lighter diaphragm clutch springs can be used for up to 50% easier lever effort and the weighted levers increase pack compression up to 60% for zero loss of engine performance through slippage. The kits show the best combination of low lever effort and secure clutch pressure for the respective model/engine group. Patent protected in Europe.

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