Think I have found the sources of the slipping clutch that tormented me last year.

Firstly the short part of the clutch pushrod had developed a groove in it where it goes through the oil seal and it seemed to be holding up a bit, so made up a new one from a piece of silver steel, suitably machined and hardened. New or second hand ones are not very easy to find, and any used ones I have seen have the same wear groove in them.

Secondly I noticed that the pressure plate had a wobble, unlike ancient Brits where you can adjust the springs to get the plate even, on the Kawa you just tighten all the clutch springs up until the bolts bottom out.

Double checked the springs, and found that 2 out of the 5 were made from a different gauge of wire, they also had a slightly larger O/D.

The lenghts of all 5 springs were also unequal, the largest difference was 2mm.

So when all 5 are done up as they should be, there will be unequal pressure on the pressure plate so it will be uneven.

Looks like 3 out of the 5 springs are for a KH 250 the other 2 does not seem to match any of the Kawasaki Triple clutch spring specs.

This poor old bike has been through some bodgers.

New set of springs are only around £15.