Due to having hands the size of a small child I always struggle with the span on clutch levers. If I'm in and out of town centres or traffic I normally suffer bad hand/wrist pain so on my other bikes I've fitted Titax adjustable levers. They've worked great. I ordered Pazzo adjustable levers for the Sprint which arrived today and I've just ventured into the man cave to fit them. A relatively simple job that even I can do! A guy at work had told me of a fellow Triumph owner who'd had issues as the aftermarket levers he'd bought didn't sufficiently engage the clutch so the bike wouldn't start. Having fitted them, I adjusted the clutch to the loosest/closest setting pressed the start button and nothing!! I then tried on setting '2' and still nothing. Eventually I established that if I put the lever on setting 4, 5 or 6 the bike starts fine and then once it's going I can put it back on '1'. If the weather is kind I'll get the bike out tomorrow and try it properly. Nice levers!
I had this problem with my after market clutch lever and the reverend Biggy mentioned that I might have omitted the spacer/bush from the hole the bolt goes through!! post here
Thanks, @crispey, I didn't notice any other spacers on the old lever but then again, neither did you! Will have a look tomorrow. It doesn't feel loose, it just obviously doesn't engage the clutch sufficiently for the engine management to consider it engaged.
You're looking for a brass bush on the old lever that needs transferring onto the new one. Not always the case, but often is the source of the problem.
You are quite right, the old lever does indeed have a brass bush still in it. The new lever doesn't feel loose in any way but i'll still whip it off tonight and check if it needs the bush. I can also grease them propoerly this time as I didn't have any when I swapped them on Saturday. Thanks for the tip, mucho appreciated
Thanks @crispey and @thebiglad! Having been to Halfrauds to buy a tub of grease I took the levers back off tonight. The brass bush fitted into the new clutch lever, I greased it up and put it back on, adjusted it to '1' the closest setting for my baby hands, and hey presto the bike started no problem! Fantastic!! Not sure why the brass bush should make the difference but it does. Mucho gracias!
