Joined Oct 2010
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Bristol
New levers great value
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Joined Oct 2010
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Edinburgh
Till you try shorty levers You dont know what you are missing
I found with the stock levers on my rsv that I was riding the clutch for some reason, I also did this years ago on my wifes then fazer
I have far more feel in a shorty lever as the ball catches on the last finger
With the stock levers my fingers actually slide along the lever and you loose feel
I had the same problem with the tuono when we got it 2 weeks ago and sorted it with a set of shorties
With a shorty brake you can actually cover the brake and accelerate with the last two fingers when in town riding and still have great feel of the pressure you need to stop
These are my asertions and will not be everyones but its the first thing I do to any bike I buy
Oh aye and im with rico on the coolness lol
I found with the stock levers on my rsv that I was riding the clutch for some reason, I also did this years ago on my wifes then fazer
I have far more feel in a shorty lever as the ball catches on the last finger
With the stock levers my fingers actually slide along the lever and you loose feel
I had the same problem with the tuono when we got it 2 weeks ago and sorted it with a set of shorties
With a shorty brake you can actually cover the brake and accelerate with the last two fingers when in town riding and still have great feel of the pressure you need to stop
These are my asertions and will not be everyones but its the first thing I do to any bike I buy
Oh aye and im with rico on the coolness lol
Joined Dec 2008
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Usually at the top of the apple tree.
Answers to your questions above
What I really am trying to get at though is that people make improvements to their bikes to improve power / running (exhausts, MAP 2, new tyres). However, I cannot see a benefit to changing the levers. Perhaps standard levers on bikes suit my hands I dunno but personally I don't see that the fuss and effort on my behalf would make much difference to how I'd ride the bike thats all. I tend not to fuss with it much.
Joined Jul 2008
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North Lincolnshire, UK
What and people notice that when you're overtaking them. ****** it I knew I was doing summat wrong.
I absolutely love bikes I really do but even when parked up I don't go around looking at levers. In fact I liked Aka_Gilos bike a lot and didn't even notice his levers. I did notice his condom coloured grips though as I have the same ones. Oh and I replaced those as the other ones were worn out. I'll replace my levers when they are as well
Joined Apr 2009
273 Posts | 1+
North Yorkshire
Ahh nobs..... Been trawling eBay for months trying to get a set of those *******s. Bike ****!:drool
Can see the quality on the asv's.... Best colour too nobs:hail
Can see the quality on the asv's.... Best colour too nobs:hail
Joined Jul 2008
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North Lincolnshire, UK
that looks like the outline of a cloud on a highly polished looked after machine ya dimwit
Joined Jun 2009
3K Posts | 3+
North East Ricoland
those cool as **** ASV babys (courtesy o an ex T ownin Fifer) also adorn Ricos steed ..... an ah wid agree wi his Nobness, the feel is totally different frae the stock yins. Definitely feel lighter tae use...mibbe all in the heid but they diz it fur me.
Joined Feb 2010
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Oxford
Been trying to find a post that I put up about these ebay levers a while ago, but I reckon it must have been deleted when everything went **** up.
Essentially, last summer I got a set of the ebay pazzo/crg rip off jobbies in black. As you say they needed a bit of sanding to get them to fit and on my first attempt at fitting them one of the lever “headers” snapped with minimal force applied. I contacted the ebayer and amazingly he sent me a replacement header and I then fitted the levers.
As you say, they feel great and also look the part and seemed to work fine whilst the bike was stationary. I then did a bit of internet research into them and there are quite a few threads out there telling stories of woe about the front brake locking up due to poor manufacturing tolerances on the ebay levers – but not in all cases.
Being acutely aware of this I went for a short ride maybe 1.5 miles and just as I was turning into a Mate’s street the front wheel totally locked, thankfully the bike was upright and I was going at walking pace so no harm done, but I couldn’t even move the bike to the side of the road! I literally had to strip the lever off in the street to move the bike while cars waited.
Anyway, I thought that maybe I had cocked up the fitting and refitted at my mate’s place for the ride home being very careful how much brake I used and sure enough as I pull on to my driveway the wheel locked up again!
By contrast the clutch lever was fine. I have since stripped the levers off and there aren’t any issues with the brakes at all. My ethics won’t allow me to sell on them as I think they’re dangerous so £55 down the pan and my corroded old ones are still on.
Essentially saying be very careful on your first few runs out with the ebay levers as not all the stories I read on this ended quite as safely!
Good luck!
PS: those ASV Levers look the nads though and I might be investing!
Essentially, last summer I got a set of the ebay pazzo/crg rip off jobbies in black. As you say they needed a bit of sanding to get them to fit and on my first attempt at fitting them one of the lever “headers” snapped with minimal force applied. I contacted the ebayer and amazingly he sent me a replacement header and I then fitted the levers.
As you say, they feel great and also look the part and seemed to work fine whilst the bike was stationary. I then did a bit of internet research into them and there are quite a few threads out there telling stories of woe about the front brake locking up due to poor manufacturing tolerances on the ebay levers – but not in all cases.
Being acutely aware of this I went for a short ride maybe 1.5 miles and just as I was turning into a Mate’s street the front wheel totally locked, thankfully the bike was upright and I was going at walking pace so no harm done, but I couldn’t even move the bike to the side of the road! I literally had to strip the lever off in the street to move the bike while cars waited.
Anyway, I thought that maybe I had cocked up the fitting and refitted at my mate’s place for the ride home being very careful how much brake I used and sure enough as I pull on to my driveway the wheel locked up again!
By contrast the clutch lever was fine. I have since stripped the levers off and there aren’t any issues with the brakes at all. My ethics won’t allow me to sell on them as I think they’re dangerous so £55 down the pan and my corroded old ones are still on.
Essentially saying be very careful on your first few runs out with the ebay levers as not all the stories I read on this ended quite as safely!
Good luck!
PS: those ASV Levers look the nads though and I might be investing!
Joined Sep 2009
474 Posts | 1+
Leicester, UK
Wicked - I've just got an email saying mine are in the post!
I'll be getting the vernier and mike on them as soon as they arrive to compare them with the originals
Do you know why yours jammed on? I assume the lever got stuck in back position? Any indication which area was to blame?
Joined Feb 2010
14 Posts | 0+
Oxford
not entirely sure, I can only guess that the manufacturing tolerances are slightly out, as I say I gather a lot of people haven't had any issues at all. I did read somewhere that it's a side effect of the adjuster spring being slighly too strong, but that's just a guess. Certainly the clutch was absolutely fine, but you can adjust the plunger on the clutch which I did, whereas the brake plunger is unadjustable.
Truth be told, my theory is that it just held the plunger fractionally too tight on the master cylinder and didn't let it release properly, but given the potential for an accident I simply wasn't prepared to risk the bike whilst I worked it out! Hopefully you'll have more luck with yours.
Truth be told, my theory is that it just held the plunger fractionally too tight on the master cylinder and didn't let it release properly, but given the potential for an accident I simply wasn't prepared to risk the bike whilst I worked it out! Hopefully you'll have more luck with yours.
Joined Mar 2009
378 Posts | 0+
Bristol
if i rememember right mrmister posted a similar story when he was a regular, new lever probs,so he put the old ones back on.. better off buying the more expensive ones..says he with standard ones.. fud..
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