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Due to continuing lack of right hand movement looking to adapt clutch for lhanyone hadany experience of this

Have you got your L and R mixed up?

I had trouble with the gear lever rather than the clutch lever and went DCT route. I nearly went for the MT09 Y-AMT but stuck with Honda, who also does the e-clutch as well. Any of them might be an option for you?

Try https://nabd.org.uk/ you might not be a charity case, but I'm sure they'll have the knowhow.

DCT could well be the way to go. The DCT is very good, really surprised me exactly how good and instinctive it seems to be.

I'll try and find out who I messaged when I htough I would need one side controls.

I suspect I started at NABD and then messaged a couple of companies direct - but it was a very long time ago, so not sure if I still have any info.

Although I did get some info at the Lyon bike show last year - there are quite a lot of suppliers of parts to help riders with issues over here

Nordboy wrote: Sun Mar 29, 2026 5:04 pm DCT could well be the way to go. The DCT is very good, really surprised me exactly how good and instinctive it seems to be.

Or the new Honda eClutch which is coming to more models.

I bought a low mileage GS because the previous owner went the DCT route due to trouble with his left hand.

Never ridden one myself but they seem pretty sorted now.

The Spin Doctor wrote: Mon Mar 30, 2026 4:29 pm

Nordboy wrote: Sun Mar 29, 2026 5:04 pm DCT could well be the way to go. The DCT is very good, really surprised me exactly how good and instinctive it seems to be.

Or the new Honda eClutch which is coming to more models.

Auto/ DCt I get, the e-clutch is something like witchcraft. I have no idea how it works, it'd be good to try one though.

Nordboy wrote: Mon Mar 30, 2026 8:53 pm Auto/ DCt I get, the e-clutch is something like witchcraft. I have no idea how it works, it'd be good to try one though.

Here's Honda's explainer:

https://www.honda.co.uk/motorcycles/exp ... lutch.html

Respectfully: You appear to have lost not just strength in your clutch hand, but the abilities to tell left from right and to maintain focus long enough to type a complete sentence.

If you're unable to focus enough to ensure actual results match what you think was about to happen, then it is time to quit riding.

We're all thinking it, I just said it.

A_morti wrote: Tue Apr 07, 2026 9:06 am Respectfully: You appear to have lost not just strength in your clutch hand, but the abilities to tell left from right and to maintain focus long enough to type a complete sentence.

If you're unable to focus enough to ensure actual results match what you think was about to happen, then it is time to quit riding.

We're all thinking it, I just said it.

No we aren't and you're not his doctor so quit the negativity.

Thank you.

(He's had a stroke and is recovering. He's also ridden and fixed more bikes than most of us).

Negativity at this point is seriously tough to deal with. Back when I was told I'd never have the right arm control to ride a bike again, I asked on TRC if it would be easy to swap the controls to opposite sides as figured I would be able to pull the clutch with the bad arm

I got 3 pages of "you won't be able to learn to use the 'wrong' hand" "that will be dangerous" etc etc

I read it all and replied that, if I'd lost the arm, everyone would be trying to help. I got my answer in the next reply (luckily, so far haven't needed to do the swap)


He's not gonna be riding for a fair few weeks/months, so let's just help with the planning stages, if it needs to be done in reality, his typing will be better and so will his responses!!


So many people have ot make adjustments to bikes, often the questions are asked before there is any set date to return to actually riding - it helps keep people positive whilst in recovery

As CS said (sort of) - positivity please !!!!

Good good. I hadn't realised we were planning for a time where capacity will be regained.

Then another voice for Honda DCT.

If you'd lost strength in the left kicker, you wouldn't even be asking for recommendations of a car with a light clutch or fixes you could do, you'd just buy an automatic - it's not a show of weakness but something plenty of folk do just for preference, and most of those like it so much they wouldn't go back even though they could.

Same applies here. DCT is a mature technology already, and folk like it.

There is another possibility, the detail of the question is a distraction. Unlikely, though, I'll admit.

He wants a left hand throttle to keep his shooting hand free.

Just practice knocking one out with the weak hand, that'll soon build up your grip strength, any excuse

There's a few blokes out there riding with just one arm so sorting switching controls around seems to be doable.

I had a Rekluse on my KTM, I kept the clutch lever but plenty don't, I rarely used it, only out of habit. Easy to fit and set up.

https://www.rekluse.com/product-categor ... d_qIcizqCm