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[Twolanerider]

BTW - there is a NEW product coming to market soon that is designed specifically to reduce the clutch pull effort. Beta testing of this product has been going quite well - showing about 40% reduction in clutch pull. It will be considerably simpler and less $$$ than the AIM VPC, and will be a quick and easy install. I'm sorry, but I can't say anything any more specific than that right now - I have agreed to not divulge any details until the product hits the market. Hopefully it will be on the market in maybe a month or two. I've seen it, and it's pretty cool. It's not a racing device - but for you guys with heavy springs or issues with a left hand grip, it's a simple 10 minute bolt on.

When it comes out I'll post a link. If I didn't already have the VP-70T on Buster and my wife's Tri Glide, I would seriously be considering this new product.

You heard it HERE FIRST!

Has been from June to (now) nearly October.  So the "month or two" has happened.  Any more word on this?

[rocrider50]

I was very unhappy with the 70T, the 68T was a much bigger reduction in force.  Wife thought 70T was no change, I thought it was a little change.  68T was a big change, below stock 2012 cable.

[North Georgia Hawg]

OK - here we go... the new product is called the ClutchWiz. It's designed to reduce the clutch pull effort like the VPC, but it doesn't have the swing-out weights. You can read more about it at http://ClutchWiz.com. Designed by Mr. Wizard here, it's a quite amazing little product! There are several meaningful testimonials on the site.

The ClutchWiz is a much better alternative to the VPC - either AIM's or the H-D one - and because and it is made of very hard 7075 aluminum, it won't wear out in less than 10,000 miles with a lessening of the reduction in clutch pull lever effort, as I experienced with the AIM VPC 70T I had until recently on the Honey Badger.

HOWEVER, for the power we make with our CVOs - especially modded engines - we need to run the ClutchWiz with a 480 lb clutch spring - which I got from AIM (ironically), for $45 plus shipping.

SO... for $135 (shipped) for the ClutchWiz, and $45 plus shipping for the 480 lb AIM clutch spring, you can have a really nice clutch set up that is very easy to pull. We measured the clutch lever pull on the Honey Badger with the ClutchWiz and the 480 lb spring at 9.8 lbs max... which is very easy to pull with two fingers. Details on my Mods thread starting at this post: http://www.cvoharley.com/smf/index.php?topic=66236.msg1069313#msg1069313

I also installed an Energy One extra plate clutch kit today, along with the Hayden M6 BT07 primary chain tensioner while I was in the primary - because even with the massive 480 lb clutch spring, I could STILL slip the relatively-puny stock H-D clutch on the Honey Badger in full-on speed-shifting pulls. Honey Badger may not care... but I sure do!

Update: the Energy One extra plate clutch kit SOLVED the clutch slippage problem entirely! In several full-on pulls today, I could not make the clutch slip at all... it just grabs and GOES now!