Ebay Billet brake/clutch levers

[MJC-DEV]

Ok, first off a warning to those you don't like trust anything Chinese and brakes, best leave now, :p

I bought a set of Ebay Hong Kong billet type brake and clutch levers form a company call Motormart, for the grand sum of £29 delivered.

Build:
The machining and material quality looks very good indeed. Machining marks are clearly visable on parts of the handles but very smooth and polished where your fingers go, screws are stainless nyloc type for the adjuster and pivots. The adjuster range of operation is large, 1 to 6, makes an obviously difference so would suit all hand sizes. Using 1 would have the brake lever touching the bars, /4 suits my large hands . The adjuster is very securely fitted into the handle.

Fit:
In one word, superb, these dropped straight in, better than the cast after-market types that came with the bike (K6)

Finish:
They look very good IMO, black with red. The anodising has some (pin size) holes and is probably not very thick. The dye is unlikely to be UV stable for long and I'm assuming they will fade over time.

Function:
They feel really nice to ride with, chunky but not oversize,. I had forgotten how much I like dog-leg levers.:D

Photos: The white around the pivots etc is PTFE grease or reflections not holes in the anodising.

[rictus01]

do a search, covered to death, but thanks for the reveiw anyway.

[MJC-DEV]

Sure, I read all 23 or 24 pages of it first! There are about a dozen variants on Ebay right now so this was just to show what the Motormarts type were like.
Hence the warning on the first line, lol!

[radicalry00]

Helpful review, cheers.

You got a link for them? Like you say there are so many different ones. Also do they do some to fit the curvy?

[MJC-DEV]

Search ebay for:

Pro Clutch Brake lever for Suzuki SV 650 S DL 650

Gives lotsa choice, these are listed as 1999 to 2010, but you must specify exact model and year when paying.
[Plus regular size or shorty and colour]

[SoulKiss]

I have a pair of the short version of these on their way, cost me all of £22 inc delivery.

Just stumbled across the auction with 30 mins left, they were at £5 bid with £10 postage, so I put £15 in and left it.

Then I got an email saying I had won at £12 :)

So, result :)

[SoulKiss]

Helpful review, cheers.

You got a link for them? Like you say there are so many different ones. Also do they do some to fit the curvy?

Same levers for Pointy and Curvy I think - certainly the brake lever is.

[radicalry00]

I have a pair of the short version of these on their way, cost me all of £22 inc delivery.

Just stumbled across the auction with 30 mins left, they were at £5 bid with £10 postage, so I put £15 in and left it.

Then I got an email saying I had won at £12 :)

So, result :)

Just done the exact same. Got them for £22 delivered! Bargain.

[MJC-DEV]

Cool, even better deal than £29! Friend of mine just ordered himself a pair too.

[ty_uk]

Any fitting instructions?

[SIII]

I think this is the same seller as moto777, these levers were also rated by someone on the previous thread.
Seemed a bit suspect! Why change names and lose all that feedback? But good to hear their stuff is good. Might look out for a set going over at £22.

[WeegieBlue]

I think this is the same seller as moto777, these levers were also rated by someone on the previous thread.
Seemed a bit suspect! Why change names and lose all that feedback? But good to hear their stuff is good. Might look out for a set going over at £22.

You don't lose feedback for a name change. I've done it before on my eBay account. Might have done it to make his company easier to find.

[SIII]

Probably to get rid of negative feedbacks?
They had a few hundred but then again they had sales of 20,000+

[WeegieBlue]

Probably to get rid of negative feedbacks?
They had a few hundred but then again they had sales of 20,000+

Have they started from scratch again with a new account?

[MJC-DEV]

No fitting instructions included but very simple to do. Brake : un-do bolt and replace.
Clutch, I found it easier to unplug the cut out switch first and then loosen the holder to rotate the lever round a bit on the bars to make removing the cable easier.

[renman8957]

Bought a set of these, took about 10 days to arrive so not bad at all, easy to change over (coppergrease the bolts, makes life easier in the future). Went for the black stubby levers with the 'red' adjuster, may as well say it, it is just pink

[SIII]

Ordered a set of stubby black with black adjusters to go on my black on black SV.:mrgreen:

We'll see how long it takes them to get here!

[garynortheast]

Does the clutch cutout switch still fit on these levers?

[MJC-DEV]

It fitted straight on with no problems with the ones reviewed here.

[garynortheast]

Thanks. May well invest in a set of these shortly then.

[radicalry00]

Just fitted mine bit encountered a minor issue. Both levers went on fine but now fitted, the sidestand cut out can't be bypassed unless the clutch lever is on the 3rd stage of adjustment or above. I think it's due to the slightly different shape of them and that my heated grips stick out a tiny bit more than standard. Anyone else had any issues with their curvys?

[MJC-DEV]

My clutch cut out is pretty much on the limit at '3' with my standard pointy bars. But I found the brake lever could touch the bars at anything less than 3 anyway. If you want to use 1 or 2 then you will have to put a spacer of some kind in the lever slot so it moves the switch with less travel. Small fillet of aluminium rod perhaps?

[radicalry00]

My clutch cut out is pretty much on the limit at '3' with my standard pointy bars. But I found the brake lever could touch the bars at anything less than 3 anyway. If you want to use 1 or 2 then you will have to put a spacer of some kind in the lever slot so it moves the switch with less travel. Small fillet of aluminium rod perhaps?
So yours won't activate the clutch switch on the first or second notch either? I was thinking of bodging something on it so it requires less travel like you say. Abit of liquid metal maybe?

[SIII]

Got mine today, 6 days to deliver.:mrgreen:
Quality good, anodising looks good on black stubby levers with black adjusters, very pleased.
Can recommend motomarts on Ebay. Had to pay £27 tho', wern't doing any at £22 when looking.

Only downside is the clutch cover rubber thingy doesn't fit very well now, i am going to see if i can get a spare before I trim the one on my bike. No problems with the clutch switch on my pointy.