windsurf
Husqvarna
AA Class
No offence winsurf but SteadyDirt is right. By moving the cable further away from the fulcrum you are actually increasing the "Work" (Load * Distance) and effectively reducing the leverage. The problem with the spanner analogy you used is that the fulcrum is also the load point (or clost to it) , but that is not the case for a clutch lever. The further you move the load point away from the fulcrum the more effort is required. By moving the cable away from the fulcrum you are increasing the cable pull distance, and reducing the leverage making it harder. A good analogy for this is a nut cracker. It gets more diffcult if you position the nut further away from the hinge.
I think you will find there are already threads on this one already showing extended arms.. The arm is made longer to reduce the effort required it is actually quite simple.