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Old 13-10-07, 06:51 PM   #11
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Default Re: Flip up levers

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On my old racebike I cut (using a grinder – so a fat cut) a ‘fail point’ on the inside edge of the front brake leaver, at a point past where my fingers operate the leaver (just over 1/2 way down). The idea being that the leaver will then most likely snap at this self made weak-point in an off (or in a 'biff and barge'*), as I put the weak-point at a place where the lever is still operational its … er still gonna be operational

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*I fitted a weak-point to all subsequent leavers; after having my leaver snap off in a ‘biff and barge’ situation – sure enough it ended messy when at race pace I had no front brake and couldn’t make the turn - that was costly and painful!!
Yeah the Suziki levers have the weak point so as to leave you a "get you home" lever, but the cheap aftermarket ones seem to have only a token point and break wherever, potentially leaving you motionless. So well worth doing on some levers for sure.
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Old 13-10-07, 06:58 PM   #12
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Another option is to get some "shorty" levers, that shouldn't touch down in an off. Only useful if you only use 2-3 fingers on them though, or have small hands.
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Old 13-10-07, 07:23 PM   #13
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The cheap aftermarket ones are very fragile, so the "suicide" cut doesn't do much- they're so weak at the adjusters that they'll still snap there.

You could consider something like Pazzo shorties- they'll often not touch down at all, and they're strong. But expensive. I've got some of those now, because I'm a tart, but they're completely impossible to justify on cost terms...

Remember with flip-ups they'll still take road rash, all of a sudden your expensive levers look like rubbish. If I'm going a long way from home I always have a spare set of levers gaffer taped to the inside of my front fairings, you'll never know they're there and they give you that extra protection.
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Old 13-10-07, 07:32 PM   #14
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Tilt's Tuono with our pattern brake lever.................mechanism removed and turned upside down and held in place with a couple of cable ties. I think our pattern levers cost £15 for the pair from our local independant bike shop. For that price and for the 'getting yourself or your mates out of the sh*t factor', how can you really not bother to carry some.
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