Chinese long levers for 99 fzs600

[Hedgetrimmer]

 
 
 
Is this the latest hair style then?! Can't wait to see it - hmmm, will it go with a PVC suit d'ya think? 
By the way, all that fuss about a LoFo ride to Brighton, and who was absent?  Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

[Hedgetrimmer]

Chinese stuff tends to be cheaper also because they don't mind so much about copyright laws and as such R&D is much cheaper - buy one, take it down a machine shop and get them to copy it   Also with Japanese/Western stuff you pay for the name a lot of the time which can bump up the price a lot.
 
I plan on getting some of these levers when I pull my finger out, the long brake lever is a pain in the arse while filtering.

nothing to do with the labour rate then??

BRIC - Brazil, Russia, India, China - the tables are turning, get used to it!

[Exupnut]

U mean Steeeereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeeeeewaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!66666666666666666666666666666......ur right... Where was E? Maybe he knows the gimp

[Hedgetrimmer]

U mean Steeeereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeeeeewaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!66666666666666666666666666666......ur right... Where was E? Maybe he knows the gimp

Er, maybe he was the gimp? Did he have "KTM" on the back of that outfit you saw?
"Here's one Virgil, y'all bring the rope?"
Steeeeeeve..?

[70s kid]

Hi all. Feel my post got hijacked a bit there lol. But hey nvr mind "I like causing controversy "NOT". Wish I had read the replies earlier , Got my chinky levers within five days "Think that's bloody good service considering their from the other side of the planet" Anyhoo  got them fitted and can honestly say" I Love em." Will sort out a pic once it stops pissing down.   70s kid (Paul)

[Lumpy]

Hi all. Feel my post got hijacked a bit there lol. But hey nvr mind "I like causing controversy "NOT". Wish I had read the replies earlier , Got my chinky levers within five days "Think that's bloody good service considering their from the other side of the planet" Anyhoo  got them fitted and can honestly say" I Love em." Will sort out a pic once it stops pissing down.   70s kid (Paul)

good for you. Some of the ne'er do wells seem to think a cast lever from Yamaha is stronger than a billet lever from T8082    if that's really what they are made from. Once you have used a decent cranked lever, you will hate standard levers.

[noggythenog]

Hi all. Feel my post got hijacked a bit there lol. But hey nvr mind "I like causing controversy "NOT". Wish I had read the replies earlier , Got my chinky levers within five days "Think that's bloody good service considering their from the other side of the planet" Anyhoo  got them fitted and can honestly say" I Love em." Will sort out a pic once it stops pissing down.   70s kid (Paul)

Nice one mate, look forward to seeing them.


I got a demand from tnt saying im due them £20 import tax but im ignoring it as they were marked $20 USD,


They can whistle for their 20. Quid!

[simonm]

Hi all. Feel my post got hijacked a bit there lol. But hey nvr mind "I like causing controversy "NOT". Wish I had read the replies earlier , Got my chinky levers within five days "Think that's bloody good service considering their from the other side of the planet" Anyhoo  got them fitted and can honestly say" I Love em." Will sort out a pic once it stops pissing down.   70s kid (Paul)

good for you. Some of the ne'er do wells seem to think a cast lever from Yamaha is stronger than a billet lever from T8082    if that's really what they are made from. Once you have used a decent cranked lever, you will hate standard levers.

Just what I was going to ask.   I have standard levers, what benefits and disadvantages will I notice between short and long levers? I'd never given it any thought until this thread.

[Buzz]

I've had CNC short levers on the bike for about 2 weeks, I'm only a weekend rider so have only done about 200 miles so far but as 2 fingers are always on the bars I feel more locked to the bike, especially when hard braking.  I know you can use 2 fingers on the long levers but it never quite feels right.  I'm guessing that there's also maybe less tendency to lock up the front as you're only grabbing the brake with 2 fingers rather than 4.  For heavy clutchwork when filtering through traffic I also seem to be more in control as more of me is on the bars.


Some like 'em, some don't...seems to be a personal choice I guess but they deffo suit me, best £23 I spent yet.