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Hi from Sweden (vs800 & vs1400)
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2023 4:33 am
by Kaemon1400
Thanks for letting me in, recently joined as I saw talk about designer springs.
I’m a 22 year old chap from Sweden/England.
At the moment I’m riding a 2000 vs 800, but I’ve got a 1400 waiting for me in the garage for when I get my heavy license. Besides motorcycles and motorcycle camping road trips (my biggest hobby), I love sailing boats, got a 30ft, and MMA, practiced 4-something years.
Absolutely love the 800s and 1400s, clutch is bad on my dad’s 1400 so looking to get new springs for it, and I was thinking I might as well throw new plates in there, Barnett performance plates, so if anyone thinks those plates are a bad idea I’d love to hear about it.
Glad to be in this group tho.
(Would post pictures of them both but I can’t find how it’s done)
Re: Hi from Sweden (vs800 & vs1400)
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2023 7:04 am
by Herb
Welcome aboard!
Always glad to see new people here, especially those still riding the Intruders.
What years are your and your Dad's bikes?
I started with an '87 1400 and now own a '99.
The stock clutch springs on the 1400's are pretty much junk but I doubt that the clutch plates themselves are bad. On my '87 I had gone through 3 sets of springs and decided I needed new plates and springs at about 25,000 miles. Bought the plates and stock springs and when I took it apart I measured the plates, the new and used ones were so close to the same that it wasn't even measurable.
Just before I bought the 99 I heard about Designer's springs and mentioned to my son about the issue. He bought me a set for my B-Day. I had already bought the 99 and sold the 87 and the clutch in the 99 was working good so I hung onto them. The 99 had 8700 miles when I bought it and at about 12,000 miles the clutch started slipping. I put the springs in and rode it for 180,000 miles, put a used engine in it and the springs in the replacement engine and have put over 60,000 miles on it. The clutch still doesn't slip.
I fought the 87 for 154,000 miles replacing the springs every 11-13,000 miles. One set only lasted 8,000 miles. Designer's springs are the best thing you can buy for the 1400.
Re: Hi from Sweden (vs800 & vs1400)
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2023 7:37 am
by sgtcall
Welcome!
Here are a couple of threads that may help you out.
Posting Pictures
Intruder Manuals and Information
Re: Hi from Sweden (vs800 & vs1400)
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2023 10:13 am
by Kaemon1400
Herb wrote: ↑Tue Feb 21, 2023 7:04 am
Welcome aboard!
Always glad to see new people here, especially those still riding the Intruders.
What years are your and your Dad's bikes?
I started with an '87 1400 and now own a '99.
The stock clutch springs on the 1400's are pretty much junk but I doubt that the clutch plates themselves are bad. On my '87 I had gone through 3 sets of springs and decided I needed new plates and springs at about 25,000 miles. Bought the plates and stock springs and when I took it apart I measured the plates, the new and used ones were so close to the same that it wasn't even measurable.
Just before I bought the 99 I heard about Designer's springs and mentioned to my son about the issue. He bought me a set for my B-Day. I had already bought the 99 and sold the 87 and the clutch in the 99 was working good so I hung onto them. The 99 had 8700 miles when I bought it and at about 12,000 miles the clutch started slipping. I put the springs in and rode it for 180,000 miles, put a used engine in it and the springs in the replacement engine and have put over 60,000 miles on it. The clutch still doesn't slip.
I fought the 87 for 154,000 miles replacing the springs every 11-13,000 miles. One set only lasted 8,000 miles. Designer's springs are the best thing you can buy for the 1400.
Thanks!
I recognise that story, I think I’ve read another one of your posts and it may very well be your post that made me join, for the Designer springs.
Got my 800 when I was 20, that’s a 2000, and my dad’s 1400 is a 1998.
A bit like your son, looking to get my dad those springs.
I have read that the plates should be fine, he wants to get a new set of plates at the same time, but I’ll let him know that the stock plates should be just fine.
Glad to hear from a fellow intruder rider! I’ll be riding that 1400 until my last days hahah
Re: Hi from Sweden (vs800 & vs1400)
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2023 10:15 am
by Kaemon1400
Thank you!
I’m on here through my phone so that might be why it’s tricky with the pictures, thanks for the threads, gonna look at them more!