had absolutely no clutch after hard trail riding yesterday. had to wait five minutes before it came back. i thought i smoke it! is this normal? is this what is known as clutch fade? i imagine i took some life expactancy out of the clutch now!

 

mine does the same thing, i went from my 12th sproket to a 11th sproket, and it's not as bad because you dont have to ride the clutch in tight situations as much. Also my dealer told me that if you use your stock front sproket youre gonna have to replace your clutches all the time, and he said the same with the 12th sproket.

 

Yeah, I just replaced my clutch a couple days ago. Put new friction plates in it and get some heavy duty springs (four stroke tech has them).
Make sure you keep an eye on the adjustment also. The Raptor gearbox is a POS
gear ratio's, weak clutch, exploding second gears ETC. Good Luck