switching from wet clutch to dry clutch

[Raux]

I just recently switched from a wet clutch to a dry clutch.

I use two fingers on the clutch (pointer and middle) and I am having issues shifting with the dry clutch. The dry clutch (on my bike at least) doesn't fully engage until the lever is touching the grip. This is a problem because when I use my two fingers to pull the clutch in the lever doesn't make it all the way to the grip, it just hits my pinky and ring fingers, making it extremely hard to shift.  When I use four fingers to shift the problem goes away, but it is extremely awkward and uncomfortable to use all four fingers.

Any way to make the clutch fully engage without pulling it all the way to the grip?

yeah, get pazzo shorty levers 

[minnesotamonster]

I like the way you think 

[ducpainter]

I like the way you think 

I take it you're not using adjustable levers now.

The bleed down screw can be adjusted and may give more 'action' on the clutch lever. You do it the same as a brake master.

I suspect there is air in the system though.

[minnesotamonster]

I only have the stock adjustables, with the 4 position dial. Air in the system would cause this even though it shifts perfectly with the lever fully pulled in? Maybe I'll try that before I get new levers which I was planning on buying anyway.

[Slide Panda]

Air in the line could have this effect - it reduces the overall effect of pulling the lever on the slave proportionally. How much air, determines the proportion. A little and it might be fine if you pull the lever enough (all the way to the bar for example)  - but it should be full disengaged at, say 90% of the way to the bar, for example.

[minnesotamonster]

Gotcha. Thank you. Yeah it definately doesn't fully engage until the lever is touching the bar.

[Slide Panda]

Humor my OCD  - when you pull the lever the clutch DISengages - well it's supposed to at least  When you let the lever out and the plates come together, the clutch is engaging.

[minnesotamonster]

 

pardon my ignorance.

[Slide Panda]

It's a small thing.. but there was a tech thread that ran around in circles for a while because people were using engage and disengage to talk about the same effect. Could have been solved in a couple posts, but that little linguistic hiccup ran it into a 2nd page.