Any short levers available for the Gassers and how do you use your clutch?

[stay_upright]

My clutch was set-up to start working close to the bar as I keep my outer 2 fingers on the grip and use 2 fingers to pull it. But over tricky terrain sometime I can't pull the clutch in enough and the lever hits my 2 fingers on the bar. I've adjusted the lever furter out but it's still a problem. I heard new KTM's have short levers and that sounds like a nice solution so I could pull the clutch and the lever may not hit the 2 outer fingers on the bar? But does anyone make them?

[JRDoz]

You can get a shorty clutch lever from your dealer..

[eff]

I just cut mine. Works like a charm.

[mountain thumper]

i set mine up the same way, and had the same prob, my solution was to mark where your fingers are on the lever, take it off, heat it up in a vise with a torch, then whack it with a rubber mallet till betnt enough to miss my other fingers, and if i need, its still close enough to grab with all four.

[stay_upright]

Originally Posted by eff

I just cut mine. Works like a charm.

Dont your fingers slide off the end?

[stay_upright]

Originally Posted by JRDoz

You can get a shorty clutch lever from your dealer..

Any idea how short it is - i think my dealer would have to order it for me.

[eff]

Originally Posted by stay_upright

Dont your fingers slide off the end?

Not at all. I'm only using 2 fingers to clutch through the tight stuff.

[JoshP]

I cut down as well and it seems to work just fine.
I attach a little skate board grip tape to give it a
really sticky grip. It does wear through gloves very quickly though,
the down side.

[skid jackson]

Originally Posted by stay_upright

Dont your fingers slide off the end?

I been running cut levers for years. When I put bark busters on my drz I had to cut them to get them inside the bark buster. rode like that for 4 yrs never any slip issues. My gasser fell over last year immediately after I put a new clutch lever on and "cut" the lever down to it's satisfaction. haven't bothered replacing it. No slip issues with that either.
Be aware that a lot of mx tracks in my area will not let you on the track with cut or boken levers. evidently they consider it a safety thing. gotta have the balls on the ends of the lever. Might want to keep a set of "normal" levers around if you plan on the occasional track day or race.

[onebrow]

Gas Gas trials bikes use the shorty lever and it is a bolt on swap.

I also cut mine down and welded an 'end' on it which I contoured with a file for my own preference and I prefer this 'homemade' lever to the trials one but they are very similar.

I only use two fingers on the clutch.