Barnett Product Review

Hey, everybody, it's Mike. Fix my hog. Got some great products here from Barnett. Now, everybody that's in the motorcycle industry has heard of Barnett. They've been around 70 plus years in the motorcycle industry. They do cables, they do clutch components and they do it really well. They've been with Fix My hog from the beginning, a total supporter and we really appreciate it. And uh what we got here today as a component that's really slick. And you might be thinking, you know, Barnett performance because they really are performance orientated company. And uh it's, it's kind of weird because about 90% of the bikes that I use this product on are not performance orientated bikes. They're touring bikes, they're heavy bikes, they're just normal people that ride their motorcycle. And uh I can just kind of come up with the many scenarios of why we use this product. Now, what'll happen is uh, we get a customer like this bike. It's a 2010, it came from the factory as a 96 inch. And what Harley's done is they've put a relatively soft clutch spring in the motorcycle. So the guy puts an intake on it. He puts an exhaust on it. Maybe he puts CAMS in it. Maybe he's a larger rider. He's riding two up and he wants to aggressively ride his motorcycle or he's going up a hill or he's passing a car, motor starts to rev a little bit. The clutch is slipping. So, um, typically what happens with us is if we like this guy, we made it a 103, put cams in it, you put it on the dino and you start trying to build a map and you rev the motorcycle immediately. We can hear the clutch slip. This bike's got 40,000 miles on it. Um, you know, but I know that even if we put a new clutch in it with the factory clutch spring, it's still gonna slip. So here's your option with Harley. Uh, they offer this heavy duty clutch spring. It's really thick. And, uh, what that does is that it really increases the clutch pull. A lot of my customers are older people and they ride in traffic and they don't want to sit there and have all this on their arms. They got arthritis, they had a stroke, whatever it is, female riders, they don't want that. What Barnett's got here is they call it a low profile lock up clutch. And what it's, it's doing here is these weights, they work, work off centrifugal force. Now, what happens? Uh, you know, this is the pressure plate and you got a set of springs here. So, what they're doing basically is if you look at the factory set up here, here it is. Here's that diaphragm spring. I'm talking about the soft spring. What we're doing is we, we're gonna remove that diaphragm spring and that pressure plate. And with this low profile lockup one, it's designed to work with the factory primary cover. So now we remove that, this gets installed in the motorcycle. We start off with their soft springs because this motor isn't that wild of a build. Ok. So those go in here. No big deal. And really when you say clutch, R and R on a motorcycle, people start getting all freaked out thinking it's a really big task in all reality. It's, it's really not that big of a deal. If you got your factory owners manual, uh you got a tech line at Barnett, it's pretty straightforward process. Ok. So there's the setup, basically, it's gonna go like this gets bolted onto the motorcycle, you do your clutch adjustment and now you're good to go. Ok. It's on the bike, you rev it up these weights exert force onto the clutch and then your clutch doesn't slip. And it also gives you a nice linear feel when you pull the clutch in, you know, you don't gotta have this Gorilla Mambo Spring in there tax in your arm. So it, it's really a slick set up. And of course, you know, they've got different springs here for the guy that's got some Mambo big motor. You know, if he's got a, a motor pushing 100 and 20 ft pounds or more torque, you might have to go at the heavier springs. You know, if your riding habits are real aggressive, you know, I've, I've got younger people that ride Harley's, they've got off sport bikes and they still think it's a sport bike and they're wailing on their, their bike. I mean, this is what they need because they are, they're abusing the factory clutch, which kind of brings me to my next topic. Uh, obviously Barnett, when you say Barnett clutch plates, you know, cables, obviously too. You know, I, I use them for custom made cables too. But what they got here is an extra plate clutch kit. Now, if you look at the factory one, they've kind of got this little, uh, absorber plate in here. It's a, it's a real narrow spring plate that gets eliminated. So when you're reading the directions, all that gets taken out of there, that's where Barnett comes in with their extra plate clutch kit. Pretty slick set up. So, like I said, you got it apart. You probably want to spend the extra money. Put a fresh clutch in. This guy's got 40,000 hard miles on the bike. We're gonna put the clutch plates in and something else that's really cool they offer and we're gonna put it on this motorcycle too. Is this uh you know, it's see through clutch cover, you can get them in chrome or black. It's pretty cool and uh it's kind of nice little finishing touch. So Barnett offers low profile lock up pressure plate conversion kit for 1998 to 2018, Harley Davidson Big Twins. It's specifically designed to fit under stock or aftermarket primary and derby covers. It increases the capacity of your stock clutch while keeping levered effort to a minimum. Even with the big inch motors, it's done by using stainless steel weighted arms that progressively increase pressure to the clutch. As the R PM increases, three different sets of six springs, light medium and heavy are included for a variety of spring pressure options. The coil spring also provides smoother shifting and more linear engagement compared to the diaphragm type spring installation is bolt on with no modifications required whether you're looking for lighter clutch effort on your stock big twin or serious no slip performance for a big inch motor. The Barnett low profile lock up pressure plate has got you covered all in one attractive machine unit, cable actuated and hydraulic versions are available proudly made in the USA.