I just purchased my 94 2 weeks ago, I live in central PA so the weather hasn't been too good for riding, although I did ride it home from the dealer. The bike only has 12,200 miles on it. The only thing I see wrong with the bike is that it must have had the steering locked and fell over and bent the clutch lever. I've read that this has happened to a few others, my question is that the clutch lever really seems hard to pull in, to me it doesn't seem normal. Where would be the easiest place to start looking? Could it be the clutch cable? I saw the chrome Kuryakyn levers on ebay and they look really sharp. Instead of trying the bend the old handle back, I'm going to get a new matching set, anyone have these on their bike? Any advice would be appreciated.

Check how the cable is routed. It needs to be as straight as possible with as gentle of bends as possible. I you have any tight bends or kinks or if it is not routed correctly it will make it harder to pull. I had this problem when I installed some shorter handle bars and the cables were too long. Made for some tight curves. My solution was to put the 8 inch apes back on!

If it looks Ok then the cable could just be going bad and needs to be replaced. My cable just needed to be replaced, it got hard to pull and the new one works fine.

Don't try to bend the handle back it may break. Buy the new ones.

I agree with you, check your cable first. When I first purchased my salvage 750, the clutch felt frozen (It sat for months lying on it's side). I removed the cable, cleaned it with WD and Liquid Wrench, and oiled it with Dupont Teflon lube. That was 7 years ago with no problems.

Clutch lever - I replaced mine with wide levers from JC Whitney. If you try to bend yours back, get it hot first. Depending how bad it's bent, there's a good chance it will still break.

I too would try lubing the cable first.
If you get new levers, just be sure they are for the '94.
They are one of the few things that did change throughout the years.
You need the ones from '90 - '06.
Stock part #46092-1170 for the clutch lever and #46092-1171 for the brake lever.

Got the new Kuryakyn levers on this weekend and shot some WD40 down the clutch cable. Seems to have freed it up nicely. I recommend the levers, they fit exactly and look great, no problems. Thanks for the advice:pepper:

WD-40 works great for cleaning the cables and freeing up stuck cables, but not for a lube. It will dry out and your cables will get tight again. Be sure to use some cable lube to keep the cable in good shape. Glad to hear you got it freed up. Happy trails.

If it looks Ok then the cable could just be going bad and needs to be replaced. My cable just needed to be replaced, it got hard to pull and the new one works fine.

Don't try to bend the handle back it may break. Buy the new ones.

Ditto!!! I had my clutch being a real bear to grab and I was afraid that my bike would require a rebuild of the tranny or something worse :confused: but as I'm one of those try the cheapest route first guys, all it needed was a new clutch cable. When I disected the old one, I found that it was beginning to fray in the sleave where I could not see it. Saved me being stuck on the side of the road...

Saved me being stuck on the side of the road...

I've never had troubles up or down shifting without the clutch. And a few times, just to see how tough it would be, managed to downshift and get the bike into neutral and come to a complete stop without the clutch.
BUT.... starting out without a clutch is the hard part (unless you have a down grade or someone to give you a push or pull to first get you moving)

I have done it in my old Pinto years ago when the clutch cable snapped, starting the car in gear to get moving, then clutchless shifting. I wouldn't want to try that with the bike though.