So I bought a 93 blade, with 98 fairings, and a 919 motor. This still makes no sense to me, but anyway, I've been through hell and back trying to get rid of this damn slippery clutch. The thing has slipped worse and worse from the second I bought it, so I ordered friction plates for a 93, only to find out its a 96-99 motor. I also find out that I have ten friction plates in the clutch, and eight steel plates, indicating a 96-97 motor (10 frictions), somehow missing a steel plate (yes two frictions were on each other). So I ordered the plate and new springs, back to the old frictions, put it all in so excited, only to find out that theres no f'ing way ten frictions and 9 steels will fit. Because with all those in and the pressure plate on top, there is too much slack and free movement on that rod that pulls on the pressure plate via the clutch lever. So now I'm left wondering if it's a 98-99 engine, with the 8-plate set up. I have the shop manuals for all 900 models, but I was wondering if theres some easy way to differentiate a 96-97 919 from a 98-99 919, since I cant seem to figure out which one I have. Anyone have any specs or pictures of their clutches to share?


ps-now theres a terrible grinding noise that occurs when first releasing the clutch (in broken super slippery clutch mode).

Please help