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Not only do I have small hands, I have strength and dexterity issues with my left hand. A while back I bought a dog leg lever in an effort to assist my gear change. But, it makes it worse.

The picture shows the dogleg fitted and the one I removed placed over the top.



As a separate issue, I am taking steps to make the clutch itself lighter but I still need a lever that my fingers can reach

Has anyone ever bent an aluminium lever using after putting the lever in a vice and using a blow torch? Judging by the number of bent levers I have come across on Italian imports I suspect this is what the Italians did.

I wonder if you’ve considered the OEM Serveta dog leg levers as were available for the SIII, though I guess that they would require other SIII components to function with your headset. They definitely had a smaller span than the non-dog leg levers.

Applying heat to aluminium alloy can catch you out. The outer surface, being oxidised, has a significantly higher melting point than the inside material so judging the temperature can be very tricky. Whilst it is a normal, relatively easy way to cut steel with an old school flame cutter, if you try it with aluminium alloy, you will end up with a mess.

I do have one of the Lynx levers you refer to, WT, but that would be a right pain to try and modify to fit

I’ll have a look for an old S2 lever to try and see if I can successfully bend one with gentle persuasion. Beyond that, I see Lambretta Upgrades to another dogleg version which isn’t too expensive.