I have heard that a common trick for making the clutch easier on the hand is to put on a clutch extension on the arm that's down on the motor. Does anybody know where to get those or how to make one? Thanks

I think the piece you are interested in is here,

http://www.tyoffroad.co.uk/store/c25/ENGINE.html

Thanks, ordered one from there.

 

The TY is now awful old. Pull the arm out an grease it while adding the extension.

Worth oiling the cable and greasing the lever pivot too ... that simple stuff has a habit of sneaking up on you!

I didn't realise the arm extender was a thing though, definitely going to get me one of those

I made an extension for my 250 ( not off the shelf ) a few years back, and I did not felt such a difference, even if I oiled the cable until I followed JonV8 advise. I replace the cable with a new Venhill and oiled it with WD40 every ride. At our last TS meeting a few friend tried the clutch and the general comment was it's almost as light as a modern bike clutch.

Guy

I put an extension lever on my ty175 from tyoffroad. It's a noticeable improvement. Using a kitchen scale to measure the actuation force, it lightened the pull by about 15 percent. The pressure required to push the clutch lever fully open went from about 7lbs to 6lbs.

Edited September 23, 20178 yr by hdscarbro