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I've got Paul Cross levers, sorry not with the 31.8mm clamp but I think you'll find this won't solve your cable pull problems, they're normal, i.e. road pull levers and won't give you the extra pull you need for a V brake.
If you're using straight handle bars can't you use one of the nicer normal V brake lever like the Paul Love Lever, alternatively would you consider either moustache bars or the On-one Midge bars in which case Dia Compe do a road brake lever that is designed with a longer pull so it'll work with V-brakes, other alternative is to use travel agents (if you don't know them they're a pulley device that amplifies the pull of your brake lever so you can use road levers with V-brakes.
If you haven’t already bought the Motolites (I’ve got a pair to and they are fab) would you consider going with canti-brakes instead? They’ll fit on the bosses you’ve got on the frame and forks, will work with normal pull levers and you can get canti-bridges that fit round your fork steerer at the front and are built into a seat collar at the back. With a bit of care you can get decent braking out of the better canti-brakes (Paul Neo Retros, Spooky Brakes or SRP Mr. Grumpys, at the cheaper end of the scale Radius do a set of canti’s that take V-brake type pads that massively simplify setting your brakes up – think on-one had these on their website branded as on-one brakes, not trying to palm these off on you but think I might have a spare set somewhere, think I paid £30 for them so if I can find them and you wanted them we could talk, be warned they’re not nearly as nice as the Pauls, are though relatively easy to set up). Of course you might not like canti-brakes in which case ignore the last paragraph.