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I'm having difficulty reaching the turn signal with my thumb, particulary when I have the clutch pulled in (my fingers are too short). Are there any tips you can offer me, or any adjustments I can make?
 
There is no clutch lever adjustment on the S50. Unless you fabricate a way to move the directional switch, you are pretty much stuck with what you have.
 
I always tried to make sure that my turn signal was activated before I pulled in the clutch (apparently my thumbs are freakishly short). Of course, with my current bike, that's not a problem.. Maybe my short thumbs come from my German heritage - everything is falling into place now! :)
 
I just feel like I'm turning it on too soon, sometimes. Or if I'm sitting at a red light and realize I don't have it on, I have to shift into neutral or let go of the brake. It's just a nuisance, but I can deal with it.
 
When sitting at a light, you may be able to reach across with your throttle hand and turn the blinker on/off. You would need to keep the bike in place with the foot brake while doing this.
 
One time I was so cold riding last fall that my fingers were basically useless. To signal , I had to pull my left hand off the bar and knock the switch over with the heel of my hand! I couldn't bend my neck to do a shoulder check. To touch the brake, I had to reach down and move my leg physically forward a bit to reach the brake!!

Oh, but what fun I had!!

And I've got a story to tell for the next forty years (each time longer than the last!)

jim
 
Just a guess here...but do ya think it was TOO cold for you to be riding?

I know how cold I'd have to be to not be able to move like that. I can't imagine it being too safe either.

...still a good story.
 
I don't know if that's the same as the Kuryakyn ISO grips but I have those and it doesn't help that problem, but it's great and is much less strain on my small hands than the stock grips!

This is a problem I've dealt with since I first got my S50 and I've been signaling soon or using my clutch hand, neither has been a problem. Someone told me how I could probably attach a small "housing unit" with an "extension" onto it, homemade of course and it would look funny but I haven't gotten around to piecing that together. Maybe someday I will.
 
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