I mentioned somewhere that the biggest improvement I made was to run the clutch cable up the frame and exit between the forks above the bottom triple tree and below the headlight. The cable then makes a nice gentle sweeping curve back to the clutch perch. It may not look as pretty as the Yamaha diagram shows but makes the clutch easy to pull in. That was with the original Yamaha cable. I did the same to the XV and that too is easier to pull in.
Routing is a huge part of the solution.
I also found the single aluminium clutch rod gave more clutch control whereas the two piece gave more of an on off action.
True.
I wonder, did 2M's all aluminum(6065T6) clutch rod pass the test of time?
Can't say, I only rode about 200 miles before I blew the engine. But the clutch is fine.