Motorcycle Repair: 1987 Honda Magna v45 clutch slips, honda magna v45, barnett clutch

Question
I just bought an 87 Magna 700. It rides fine when I am around the neighborhood until it warms up. The clutch starts to slip and then it will not pull at all. I bought a new barnett clutch the other day and installed with no problems. I rode around let it warm up and no problems. I needed to ride it a long distance recently and got about 10 miles down the road and it stopped pulling. I took it apart again and found no problem except the pressure plate has about a 1/4 inch of play and did not know if that was normal. Anyways I can't for the life of me figure out what to do. This is my first bike in almost 15 years and it is pissing me off that I can't ride. Is this a problem the older magna's had? What do you think it is? My hands are tied please help me.

Answer
If you will e-mail me at jerry@mad-dog-cycle I will send you the portion of the service manual that covers this. Or if you follow the link below you can download the complete manual.If you don't see your exact year they are all the same.

http://www.magnaclub.ru/download.html

Ride Safe Jerry