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Clutch perch (mount)
« on: 16.12. 2024 14:41 »
Could anyone recognise if the perch in the photo is Amal, I'm using it for my combination brake / air lever. I'm after a mirror version (7/8 pivot) to use on my clutch lever with magneto adv / retard lever (combination). The handlebar mount is drilled straight through and the perch cable adjuster is threaded. If anyone knows a supplier I'd be grateful , everything on Ebay seems to be 1-1/16 pivot...many thanks.
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Re: Clutch perch (mount)
« Reply #1 on: 16.12. 2024 15:46 »
Not sure if the bit in the pic is Amal or other, but 7/8 brake and clutch levers for air and A/R can be had 'for BSA, Tri, Norton etc' from eg
https://www.britishbikebits.com/clutch-brake-air-lever-assembly-7-8-bsa-triumph-norton?gQT=1
Not sure how close a match to what you have though.
I use Doherty ones myself, with or without ball ends depending on age of bike. Decent-ish quality - which not all levers are, as the amount of flex in the mounting shows on second-rate stuff when pressure is applied. The 'ear' that abuts the 'bars on the loaded side of the pivot piece has to be a snug fit against the 'bars. Some of what's out there leaves a gap, which you can see reduce and increase as you operate and release the lever. Not good.
There are quite a few suppliers.
But not sure (as the pix aren't clear always), whether some / all / any have threaded holes on the 'perch' or are plain for a shouldered ferrule. Pix and descriptions don't show / say clearly.
Versions for mirror mounting are also available if required, Feked seem to have them.
Bill

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Re: Clutch perch (mount)
« Reply #2 on: 16.12. 2024 16:08 »
If quality and a good fit of the ear are what you want then Feked aren't the boys for you.
They sell the same Taiwan junk as every other Ebay chancer.

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Re: Clutch perch (mount)
« Reply #3 on: 16.12. 2024 20:10 »
Many thanks for your advice. ..Howard.
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Re: Clutch perch (mount)
« Reply #4 on: 19.12. 2024 09:14 »
If quality and a good fit of the ear are what you want then Feked aren't the boys for you.
They sell the same Taiwan junk as every other Ebay chancer.
Some of the ones Feked sell are described as 'genuine' with the Doherty trade mark Rex, made in Birmingham, but a lot are indeed 'replica' or '-type' and no different from some of the stuff on e-bay, too true. Price is usually a good indicator as - what a surprise - you get what you pay for.
Bill