Easy Clutch

[DiggerDave]

My wife has arthritis in her fingers and is having trouble pulling the clutch lever on her new F800ST. Anyone have any suggestions?

[TEWKS]

Welcome DiggerDave. I'm not sure if this company has an application for your wifes bike but, it's worth a try.

http://www.rekluse.com/dualsport_newsrelease.shtml

 

Pat

[BeamieToo]

Hi Digger Dave,

 

Your wife has a really nice model bike and I'm sure it was chosen with care and for a lot of good reasons. But perhaps the pain in her fingers wasn't a problem at the time of purchase and now the situation is different. SO at the risk of passing a note without the teacher seeing maybe you could have a look at a sport bike with a selectable tranny over here... http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/10/10/aprilia-850-mana-introduced/

It's a kinda out-of-the-box idea but maybe it's right for her.

[notacop]

Back in the dark days of R100's and such there was a guy making an Soft Clutch. A device that attached to the end of the clutch cable that halved the effort of action. Something like a small block and tackle. Yours probably has a hydraulic action? If it's like some Japanese bikes the a cable pulls on a lever you could make a leveraging pivot to do the same as the old Soft Clutch.

Happy inventing...

[Bullett]

Yeah. I've seen it on Vech's website for /2's,

 

Bench Mark Works

 

they may make them for the newer bikes, as well. The folks at Bench Mark Works are very nice. If you give them a call they would surely sell you what you need or give you contact info for the supplier.

[jbr7t]

Hi Digger Dave,

 

Your wife has a really nice model bike and I'm sure it was chosen with care and for a lot of good reasons. But perhaps the pain in her fingers wasn't a problem at the time of purchase and now the situation is different. SO at the risk of passing a note without the teacher seeing maybe you could have a look at a sport bike with a selectable tranny over here... http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/10/10/aprilia-850-mana-introduced/

It's a kinda out-of-the-box idea but maybe it's right for her.

 

Ok..so I'm still old fashioned and like the idea of my clutch and actually shifting gears...But this is pretty damn cool!

[John Bentall]

Try her on a new F650GS to check that it is not just the sporty position of the bars resulting in an odd grip angle (I suspect not, however).

Then try a hydraulic clutch BMW model, which in my view has a light action compared to many, and see if that is any better. Does the pain go away? Could a hydraulic clutch conversion make a difference?

I have an elderly friend who has no regrets whatsoever about going "automatic" with a Suzuki Burgman after a 1150R. The Aprila got an excellent review in a (German-language) magazine recently.