Adjustable clutch lever - 2012 GS 1200

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your help and explanations please. Riding the above as a commuter (60+ miles a day) and crossing London N to S daily - so a great deal of playing on the clutch. The OEM set-up is, as you know, pretty smooth and the clutch resistance is pretty minimal but three hrs a day is starting to cause a strain in the left hand (leave infantile jokes at home please!!). Is there a way to lessen this? Are adjustable clutch levers (never used them or understand how they work) an answer?
Cheers for your help
:beerjug:
 
HI - I have the Wunderlich adjustable brake and clutch levers fitted to my GS and I find them superb. To be fair, I bought them for my 1200S where I found the reach for the clutch lever too much after a long run - I have size 10 hands! - but I fitted them to the GS since new and would not go back.

The levers are adjustable for length and reach and keep the original reach adjuster as well so you get a lot of reach adjustment options. With the lver closer, it takes a lot of pressure off when you have to make a lot of clutch movements. Also, I have the clutch adjusted for 3 fingers and the brake for 2. No problems with interference with the hand guards - they are a bit pricey but I am sure you would find it worth it if you are suffering enough to ask on here.
 
Looking at the fitment guide on the Pazzo site. Most levers intended for BMW fit the GS, except ones for the S1000RR, have a look at Ebay you might get a cheap set second hand, but avoid the cheap ones from Hong Kong. It's the first thing I'm fitting to my GS when it arrives next week.
 
"but avoid the cheap ones from Hong Kong"
Any particular reason why? I have some cheap ones from Hong Kong on my Fireblade and they are ..... well great! But do you have a real reason as to why to avoid cheap ones from Hong Kong, because you know if its a safety thing its better to know the details. If its a fashion thing like, you know "the wrong lable" let us know that too because that would also be important.
 
jwpzx9r said:
"but avoid the cheap ones from Hong Kong"
Any particular reason why? I have some cheap ones from Hong Kong on my Fireblade and they are ..... well great! But do you have a real reason as to why to avoid cheap ones from Hong Kong, because you know if its a safety thing its better to know the details. If its a fashion thing like, you know "the wrong lable" let us know that too because that would also be important.
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It's a safety thing as far as I'm concerned. Had some cheap levers on a Harley and one snapped. So I speak from personal experience, if you're happy with yours then great, please recommend them. I'm not sure there is a right label for bike bits.
 
Timbo1965 said:
It's a safety thing as far as I'm concerned. Had some cheap levers on a Harley and one snapped. So I speak from personal experience, if you're happy with yours then great, please recommend them. I'm not sure there is a right label for bike bits.
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Oow! You macho men with you're Harley's managed to brake a lever with two fingers. You must have been very unlucky to have managed that in fact I think that's a figment. By the way which one? The brake by any chance? FF
 
jwpzx9r said:
Oow! You macho men with you're Harley's managed to brake a lever with two fingers. You must have been very unlucky to have managed that in fact I think that's a figment. By the way which one? The brake by any chance? FF
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It was the brake. With a single disk on a springer front end it took quite a grip to stop it. Not macho, just stupid to rely on £20 levers. Not a figment either. I have no reason to make sh*t up, nothing to prove. I may be new here but have been riding for 20 years.
 
Timbo1965 said:
It was the brake. With a single disk on a springer front end it took quite a grip to stop it. Not macho, just stupid to rely on £20 levers. Not a figment either. I have no reason to make sh*t up, nothing to prove. I may be new here but have been riding for 20 years.
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Stop it you are killing me! Mind you I have hauled in the clutch on an old Ducati now that would be a different matter. Took quite a grip to stop it.... but you did'nt the lever broke! Oh Wait you stopped it on the trusty foot brake LOL ! FF
 
jwpzx9r said:
Stop it you are killing me! Mind you I have hauled in the clutch on an old Ducati now that would be a different matter. Took quite a grip to stop it.... but you did'nt the lever broke! Oh Wait you stopped it on the trusty foot brake LOL ! FF
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OK mighty keyboard warrior. As this conversation is not at all useful to the original poster I'm giving up now before this gets silly. I stopped it with the foot brake. Harleys are under braked, along with many other faults. End of...
 
Timbo1965 said:
OK mighty keyboard warrior. As this conversation is not at all useful to the original poster I'm giving up now before this gets silly. I stopped it with the foot brake. Harleys are under braked, along with many other faults. End of...
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Ok Timbo have a nice evening.
 
NickD said:
Parish
your help and explanations please. Riding the above as a commuter (60+ miles a day) and crossing London N to S daily - so a great deal of playing on the clutch. The OEM set-up is, as you know, pretty smooth and the clutch resistance is pretty minimal but three hrs a day is starting to cause a strain in the left hand (leave infantile jokes at home please!!). Is there a way to lessen this? Are adjustable clutch levers (never used them or understand how they work) an answer?
Cheers for your help
:beerjug:
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Get the Wunderlich ones, clutch and brake.

You're going to get the use out of them. I've used them on F800s and a coupla R1200GS (somewhere in the 70K usage), for some reason the R1200GS ones are £££s more than the F800 version, the 'GS Tax' in effect I assume.

However, they're worth every penny IMHO and make using the clutch far far less effort.
 
BEFORE YOU BUY
You say you have a 2012 GS, if it was built after July the brake lever may not fit. BMW changed the master cylinder and the adjustment screw is a different diameter. The cluch lever is still the same. The reason I know is that I tried to swop some Wunderlich levers from a 2010GSA onto a 1200GSA TB that I bought in 1st September 2012.
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As I said on the string I linked to earlier, if you're worried about the quality, then buy an expensive brake lever, but a cheap clutch lever.
 
Cheers Bilko, will check on the serial numbers. Bike bought in Sept 12, will need to check exactly when built
 
Nippy Normans supply Touratech, Wunderlich, Desert Fox and many other makes of accessories.
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