As the weather warms up, unconsciously it is the most suitable season of the year to change the car, at this moment there is a cool and stylish modification once again in front of every novice, it is a transparent clutch side cover, a modification that can make your car up without too much cost.
But before modifying this thing, there are many novices who don't know what the use of this thing is, or whether it will have an impact on the car, and whether it will affect the warranty, etc., so let's talk about this topic today.
In general, I do not recommend anyone to modify the transparent clutch side cover, not only because this thing is expensive and useless, but also because this change in 2022 has no effect on the forced, and at the same time, it will also have a certain impact on your car and the warranty after the problem.
Why is the transparent clutch side cover expensive and useless?
At this moment we have to start from the role of the clutch side cover, the clutch side cover as the name suggests is a cover on the outer layer of the clutch, can also be called the engine side cover, they are a whole, and most of them are made of metal.
Since most motorcycles on the market use wet clutches, the role of the clutch side cover can be simply understood as avoiding oil outflow internally, preventing foreign objects from entering externally, and also providing certain protection for the engine when falling, which is the meaning of the existence of the clutch side cover.
And you should also find that there are few transparent clutch side covers in production cars.
This is actually due to the characteristics of the engine operation, when the engine begins to work, the oil in the engine will be piped to the various components, and as the gears turn, it will begin to be output wildly, throwing all over the engine.
(When you ride, the engine side cover is actually full of oil)
You can think of the inside of the engine as a dog that is throwing water, the dog is throwing water, and the inside of the engine is throwing oil. The puppy is still cute, but with the engine and oil, you won't feel any beauty at this moment.
So even if you replace the transparent clutch side cover, you can only appreciate the so-called mechanical beauty when parking, when the engine runs, your transparent clutch side cover will be covered with oil most of the time, with the change of time, the color of the oil will gradually become black, and then the beauty of the car will further decline. And over time, the transparent clutch cover will gradually lose its transparency under external factors such as friction, and you will have to spend another amount of money to replace the shell to make it transparent again.
(Whitening in the figure is a normal phenomenon, but over time, transparent places will become flowers sooner or later))
Therefore, no manufacturer will design the original transparent clutch side cover, not only because it is not practical and beautiful, but also because it can not let you appreciate the mechanical beauty of the clutch.
So who studied the transparent clutch cover? And how did it catch fire in China?
This matter has to start with Ducati, before 2000, many of the motorcycles on sale in Ducati were equipped with dry clutches, and in various races, the dry clutch is not only known as a race technology (its advantage is mainly in the more compact power connection, it is more convenient to replace the clutch in the field), but also represents a feeling, it seems that only the ducati that uses the dry clutch is the orthodox Ducati.
But with the progress of the times, the dry clutch technology has gradually withdrawn from the vision of Ducati, although the dry clutch is very good, but placed in the civilian field, this thing burns money more fiercely, the noise at low speed is very large, the wear consumption is also fast, and the foreigner also feels the pain of the cost of replacing the clutch.
So around 2008, Ducati began to slowly embrace the wet clutch, the dry clutch technology began to withdraw from Ducati's civilian product line, and Ducati's popular sports cars began to use wet clutches.
(848, 899, monsters of the same year, all using wet clutches)
Although The Ducati replacement clutch is closer to the real car needs of most people, there are always a few Ducati players who still like the Ducati who used to use dry clutches, and at the end of 2008, small batches of Ducati-specific transparent clutch modifications began to appear in overseas markets, in order to allow Ducati owners to reminisce about the good times of the past with the least budget.
Since then, the trend of modifying the side cover of the transparent clutch has begun to spread slowly overseas, and new things are always easy to make people curious, and a side cover of more than 500 US dollars is relatively not particularly expensive, and the European and American spirit boys can also afford it.
(BMW Halle also has a dedicated transparent clutch side cover)
Later, with the popularity of 4G networks, the rise of domestic manufacturing, and the promotion of domestic motorcycle beauty. This thing naturally flows into the domestic market and is accepted by domestic car friends, but mainly because everyone has not seen it, think this thing is fresh, and this thing can have something to do with Ducati.
But now that it's 2022, even if you put on a transparent clutch cover for your car, few people will be surprised by it, this fresh energy has long passed, if you still go to great lengths to modify the transparent clutch side cover, then you face a situation that is about equivalent to entering the National Army in 49 years, or still hot in 2012 to kill Matt's head, all in all, it is a bit embarrassing.
And when you're done, you'll have to deal with a couple of issues.
The first is the depreciation of the car when selling, the transparent clutch cover you modified is a piece of scrap aluminum in the eyes of the car dealer, not only will not add value to your car, but also may be the car dealer on the grounds of dismantling the engine, a second round of bargaining.
(Moving the screw is the accident car, how much to get cheaper)
The second is the warranty of the rip-off, as long as you have privately disassembled the engine, once the vehicle has any engine problems, this will definitely become the focus of the car shop and you, unless you install and corresponding maintenance in the place where you buy the car, but the cost of dismantling and maintenance has to charge you a sum of money, and the cost of installing the transparent clutch side cover has to rise.
Finally, the police uncle this pass, change the clutch side cover this thing can be big or small, but when you meet the police uncle, whether this is a big deal, or a small thing, no one can say for sure.
summary:
Modifying the transparent clutch side cover is such a thing, overall it is useless, and by 2022 this thing is not "forced" enough, not novel enough. I tell you that these are hoping that novices can take fewer detours, the essence of the modification is to shape the car into a look you like, the process is not simply to add all the accessories you think are handsome, but to add your own aesthetics and thinking, by the way, think about whether it is more cost-effective to spend this 1,000 yuan elsewhere.
If you have fully understood what the transparent clutch side cover is all about, but you still want to modify this small thing, then I will not dissuade you, because modification is also a very subjective thing, as long as the law does not explicitly prohibit, you do not hinder everyone's travel, nor endanger your own life safety, then change it, this is not a big deal.