My apologies if this topic has been covered. I have a 1997 LS650 and  the clutch lever is hard for me to pull and the distance between the grip and clutch lever makes it even more difficult. My hands are small and would like to find a way to modify the clutch lever. Has anyone been able to do this? or had any luck finding a dog leg lever that will work with this bike?

Thanks in advance!!

Kelli

As youzguyz says, the lever needs to pull the cable a set distance ot fully disengage the clutch - I don't think there's much 'left over' to play with as slack.

To do so with a shorter length of pull, you'd need to either modify your current lever so that the cable attachment is further from the fulcrum to generate more cable movement per inch of lever pull, or fit a custom lever with a different ratio.

If you really, wanted to, you could modify the lever at the engine end because if that were shorter you'd need to pull the lever less distance.

Whatever way you change it, a shorter pull will be proportionately stiffer.

I have mine set with so much slack that I find myself flipping the lever forward after I let it go. I like the "closer to the handlebar" before it starts pulling, feel.My hands would handle it, all the way out, but my girl rides it too.
Engine off, in first, pull the clutch in & roll the bike.
Now, fire it up & look at where the clutch is when it starts to pull away.
See haw far the lever is from the bar?
Look at where it is when you arent touching it. Relax it no more than 1/2 of the distance from the bar when it pulled away & see how it feels.
NOW, Notice what excess slack allows. The cable is held in place by the tension on it, So, If you put a load of slack in it, find/build a spacer to put in the space where the lever/cable & all come togetrher.
As ,long as you have some room to let the lever out before it starts pulling away, I cant see a problem, just watch what can happpen if the cable is slack.