Correct what you said about maintaining the clutch.

Thanks for the brake pad suggestions, not had a look at what pads it has in it yet.

"An improvement on the KH400 in that regard then ? "

Yes the KH has at worst has been difficult shal we say, at best dissapointing, I will be glad to see the back of it. Having said that it has been running really well, did just over 1500 miles on it this year despite the whiney clutch which does not seem to respond to any remedial action to stop it, so given up on that one.

Same goes for the intermittant slipping - think the 2 issues are related.

Without doubt the KH500 was the best of the bunch, enough low down grunt, and lots of very useable power. The 350 "hybrid" that I had was way better than the 400 but fuel consumption was attrocious and the GPZ 305 frame it was in made it physically too small for me - but unlike the 400 it was a fun project.

The H2 was just too wild and was to eager to lift the front end, the 400 is just too lacking in everything, although the rubber mounted engine makes it extremley smooth.

The Morini is around the same BHP as the KH but the power delivery is way better, for a 350 it is very impressive, it is also very smooth, but neither as smooth as a well sorted MZ...I still have that niggling itch for another 301, but when I finally get shot of the 400 I am going to stick with just 3 bikes, but dont quote me on that :-)