You may be lucky when pulling the clutch lever up when e.g. you're in first gear and you want to start the engine. Also, the wider the clutch lever is set up, the less probable it becomes that you have a fail when pulling the lever. Of course, this may reduce comfort.
Regarding ...
... Seems like one thing after another on this bike.
... this bike is no Honda indeed. I didn't ever have the problems with my Deauville after 157000 km that I've already had with my 115000 km K1300S. And I haven't even started talking about its oil consumption.