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Ducati sticky clutch discs - clunk into first gear. Tricks?

this is on a ducati wet clutch, but I'm sure it also applies to any wet clutched motorcycle.

I hate when the clutch discs stick (the oil between the discs creates suction or surface tension and holds some of them together), and make the drop into first gear clunky.

It doesn't do it all the time, most of the time it's fairly smooth. But sometimes is a pretty good clunk.

Are the some good tricks any of you use to stop it?

While the bike is in neutral, I can hold the clutch lever in and give it a few revs before dropping it into first, and that seems to help sometimes. Not a preferred method, though, because of the noise!

I replaced the clutch this weekend, BTW. It does the same thing with the new as it did with the old.
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