[SpudRider]

Originally Posted by Huck369

The lever arm that activates the push rod is a good place to modify the "engagement" of the clutch plates, a shorter arm will make it slightly harder to pull the clutch, but would shorten the distance needed to engage/release the plates.

I'm a structural Draftsmen that works on many problems of this sort on conveyors, I only mentioned it in hopes that maybe CSC would check with Zong about making a shorter actuator arm for the clutch.

I agree, modifying the length of the lever arm will change the effort required to actuate the clutch, and it will change the length of the friction zone. Changing the location where the friction zone engages during clutch lever travel is possible on many motorcycles, including the Yamaha TW200, and my Zongshen ZS200GY-2. It is described in the Yamaha maintenance manual on pages 3-16 and 4-58. You can download the TW200 Service Manual from our website at the following link.

http://api.viglink.com/api/click?for...0Manual%20(PDF)

Unfortunately, neither of my Honda motorcycles, nor the Zongshen RX3, have the mechanism on the end of the push rod assembly which allows for adjustment of the location where the friction zone engages during clutch lever travel. Therefore, unless someone modifies the length of the clutch push rod, the RX3 clutch will continue to engage at the end of clutch lever travel. My Honda XR650L clutch lever engages at the same location.