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YZF-R125 CLUTCH IMPROVEMENTS AND rear HANDBRAKE PROGRESS

I don’t even know where to start so I’ll just chuck some pics in and hopefully it will make sense along the way

And the quest for wheelies continued…

Ok so i beginning there was the normal clutch lever, then we went shorty two-fingers (which was better) and then slipping off once too often when pulling up with two fingers I realised why they all have 1-finger levers…

Love these lovely CNC’d numbers but wheelies say you gotta go

The 1 finger lever (ebay link) is actually bizarrely comfortable like I’m thinking why the hell did we have all that other nonsense before. The movement is pleasantly smooth and precise. Also the lever has 3 positions where you can hook the cable in which slightly change the feel and cable orientation to suit your hand. There’s a wee bolt to set the resting position of the lever too so you can get it set up exactly how you want. So much fun with one finger…anyway.

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