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Old 04-13-2017 | 04:37 AM
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Dr.Linda likes her Amp power clutch thingie. I put it on her bike per Tup's suggestion.
That's me! I bought two of them, having discovered that AMP had been bought out and all their bike stuff has been discontinued. Got mine on US Ebay. A pal of mine has had one for many years. Apparently it took him a while to get used to it, but he's happy. One day Hyacinth will see the light of day once more and I can try mine.

As for the easy thingies, they all try different ways to do the same thing and all suffer from the same problem. They work fine on twincams, but not earlier Evos like mine. A post-1990 trans and clutch will not be better than an earlier set-up IMHO!
 
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Old 04-13-2017 | 04:59 AM
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Originally Posted by grbrown
That's me! I bought two of them, having discovered that AMP had been bought out....
What? Don't they make/sell them any longer?

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A post-1990 trans and clutch will not be better than an earlier set-up IMHO!
Aaaahhhrrhggg. I want to keep my Evo!!! Twin cams just aren't the same.
 
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Old 04-13-2017 | 05:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Adam76
What? Don't they make/sell them any longer?
Unfortunately not. Do take a look around though, to see if anyone has them for sale.

Take a closer look at this item on Oz Ebay #272622077945 and see if it is sold for other Harley models. It looks as if it does a similar job.

Aaaahhhrrhggg. I want to keep my Evo!!! Twin cams just aren't the same.
At some time either late Evo or TC88 the trans was changed and given more clutch lift, which made those devices viable. In fact we bought a TC88 and the dealer offered one from day 1 when we bought the bike.
 
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Old 04-14-2017 | 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by grbrown
That's me! I bought two of them, having discovered that AMP had been bought out and all their bike stuff has been discontinued. Got mine on US Ebay. A pal of mine has had one for many years. Apparently it took him a while to get used to it, but he's happy. One day Hyacinth will see the light of day once more and I can try mine.

As for the easy thingies, they all try different ways to do the same thing and all suffer from the same problem. They work fine on twincams, but not earlier Evos like mine. A post-1990 trans and clutch will not be better than an earlier set-up IMHO!
I bought an increased ramp plate for my bike around '09.
It's still there and I haven't burned out any clutches since.
I've got somewhere around 40k miles on it.

I wouldn't agree that they don't work on EVO's.
 
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Old 04-14-2017 | 10:25 AM
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Adam if you do go with the shallow ramp system you need to alter how you adjust your clutch.
The book says to turn in until you hit the throwout bearing then back off 1/2 to 1 turn.
That's good for stock ramps but not so good for the shallow ramps.
If you use the shallow ramps you only back it back off by 1/8 to 1/4 turns.
Doing that will give you all the pull you need to properly actuate the clutch and it will be easier due to the shallow ramps.

At least it works for me...
 
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Old 04-14-2017 | 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by texashillcountry
I bought an increased ramp plate for my bike around '09.
It's still there and I haven't burned out any clutches since.
I've got somewhere around 40k miles on it.

I wouldn't agree that they don't work on EVO's.
You're fortunate, however I did say:

As for the easy thingies, they all try different ways to do the same thing and all suffer from the same problem. They work fine on twincams, but not earlier Evos like mine. A post-1990 trans and clutch will not be better than an earlier set-up IMHO!
Your bike does have a later spec tranny, introduced in 1995.
 
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Old 04-14-2017 | 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by grbrown
You're fortunate, however I did say:



Your bike does have a later spec tranny, introduced in 1995.
That later spec is because of the housing.
The ramps are the same back to '87.
 
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Old 04-14-2017 | 06:32 PM
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I put an eze-pull on my Heritage 20k ago and wish I never did. No real benefit and a waste of cash.
 
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