OK, having ridden the length and breadth of Las Vegas this afternoon, I have come up with half an answer...

The current model Yamaha FZ1 (the new Fazer) has the same front brake master cylinder as our beloved Tenere - yea!

So that means the ASV C5 street lever (and presumably any other lever manufacturer who makes one for the latest FZ1) will fit straight on, and the ASV come in shorty or regular lengths... pn. BRC541 (or BRC541-S for shorty) - result!

However, the clutch lever on the Tenere is some sort of strange size - certainly not the same as the FZ1 which is much fatter in the pivot area.

Seemingly the solution would be to buy an FZ1 perch from Yamaha and then just buy the corresponding pair of levers from ASV... the only problem now is that a) over here in America, they only sell the half-faired FZ1, which means there is no mirror mount on the clutch perch (great...) and b) the perch only comes as a complete assembly with the lever etc, and is $91!!! booger...

Now ideally, if someone over in the UK could look at the naked version of the FZ1 next time they are in their dealer, perhaps they could ascertain if the clutch lever is indeed the same for both versions, and that the perch on the naked bike has a mirror mount... oh yes, and that the perch is available to order as a seperate part of course... then we should be in business!

btw. The ASV part number for the FZ1 clutch lever is CRC540 (or CRC540-S for shorty).


Alternatively, a clutch perch from a different bike (and the corresponding ASV lever) would also create a pair with our FZ1 brake side... The problem over here in the USA is virtually every street bike is faired, so their clutch perches don't have mirror mounts (for example, the CBR600RR and GSXR600 have the same clutch lever as the half-faired FZ1 - and joy of joys, the Honda perch is available to order separately for $22 - gotta love Honda x) - but still no mirror mount of course...

It seems the only alternative naked bike options in the US are the Kawazaki Z1000 and the Triumph Speed Triple, which both use ASV clutch lever CRC541...

Therefore, I will trawl another round of dealers tomorrow, and will endeavor to find a solution to the clutch side problem... now I have to sleep!

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