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can you put a motorcycle clutch and brake both on the right handlebar?

i was in a car wreck that messed up my left arm and they had to take out my shoulder joint and split my elbow joint and put half of it in my shoulder, apart from that my left hand is like retarded and **** so i cant use it anymore so i wanted to know if i could put a clutch and brake on one handle bar of my motorcycle

Answer:

Dot is brake fluid and if the clutch is not disengaging, you either have air in the system or your close to needing a new clutch. If it is kicking back when you apply the brake or the clutch, you have over serviced the reservoir. Try bleeding the air out of the system, if this does not work, you might be in need of a clutch slave cylinder.
On your original idea, many stunt riders who do crazy wheelies in circles, install a second rear brake handle on the LEFT handlebar, which is where the clutch is, so i suppose it woudl be very easy to install the clutch on the right handlbar and put another brake lever there also. -You could get a bike with independant abs, and use the foot brake as your ONLY brake lever by repiping it. after relocating the clutch to the right handlebar and eleminating the right handlbar brake lever. I say abs because the brake force distibution would need to be differnt if there were apassnger, or you were leaning forwar/back, or whatever. It woudl be safest that way. -You could install an AIR SHIFTER! it woudl be badass, and you woudlnt need a clutch anymore, they use these on race bikes, when installed, you push a button, and it momentarily cuts fuel to the engine and using a phenmatic ram attatched to the shifter peg, forces the bike into the next gear.in like a hundreth of a second. -The yamaha fjr1300ae doesnt have a clutch! its all computer controlled and shfts at the touch of the footpeg, or a thumb/index switch which is unfortunately located on the left handlbar, but you can use the foot controls anyways. I hope you find a way to make it happen! 21 mispellings in this one.wow
there is a guy in our district who has no left hand- he straps his left hook to the handlebars, has both clutch brake on the right, and races in the senior class, and does very well. so, the answer is a definite yes.

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