| Author | Message | ||
     Ilikehotchicks |
Where is the best place to get a replacement lever. aftermarket or stock it doesnt matter. ben | ||
| 2k4xb12  |
Are you talking about front or rear brake? If front, I switched to the Crossroads levers. They kick •••! I still have my stockers if interested. Half of whatever list is plus actual shipping. They're in perfect condition. | ||
| M1combat  |
Aftermarket... Go for the CRG levers from American Sport Bike. Stock... Daves. Rear brake... Same thing, but different brand on the aftermarket side. | ||
| Ilikehotchicks |
im talking about the front, and i just need the brake lever. ill buy it for 1/2 list, now we just need to find out how much list is..... ben | ||
| Tatsu |
I got the CRGs .... best investment I ever made..next the TFI...next to the Carbon fiber.. well u get the point.. CRGs rule. | ||
| 99buellx1  |
Part number: N0202.02A8 List is: $23.71 Craig | ||
| Ilikehotchicks |
2k4xb12 will you give it to me for 15$ shipped? to arizona 85741? Ben | ||
| Dcmortalcoil |
I have a CRG front brake lever on my bike. It's excellent, but I'm going to sell it after I install a Brambo radial lever. The problem is I have to get an aftermarket throttle and start/kill switch assembly, and brake line to fit the Brambo lever. Any recommendation regarding these components? I'm trying to see what other bike make/models will fit XB. The throttle control has to be separate from the start/kill switch assembly. | ||
| Newxb9er |
I was going to get the aftermarket clutch and brake levers, but wondering what they provide over stock?? Closer the the bar?? | ||
| Al_lighton  |
Here's the deal on the CRG clutch lever. A Buell clutch needs full lever travel to fully disengage the clutch. The clutch needs to be fully disengaged when stopped to make clean shifts into first, and to find neutral from First or second. The CRG lever lets you adjust the lever closer to the grip with the sweep of a finger on the red adjustment lever. So what good is it, if you need the full lever travel per above? That was my first question when I saw them, I thought they were stylish but useless. I was wrong. You see, the design of the adjustment lever is great. A sweep of the gloved finger gets it to any position you want. Around town, stop and go, you gotta adjust it to the out position per the above. If that's all the riding you do, you may not need them. But as soon as the road opens up, or ESPECIALLY in the twisties, you adjust it all the way in. You don't need full clutch travel to do normal upshifts and downshifts while moving. By having it closer, you get to use the meat of you fingers to do those half shifts, NOT the fingertips. The reduction in forearm pump on a twisty road that requires lots of shifting is nothing short of amazing. I was SOOO wrong, the clutch lever ROCKS! The brake lever is nice, it's nice to be able to put it right where you want it, and you can get some reduction in forearm pump from it to, and of course it's nice to have matching levers. But the clutch lever is the one that really sold me on them. And they are beautiful pieces of work. All billet, lots of pieces, I'm amazed they are as inexpensive as they are. Not that they're that inexpensive, but they look hard to produce from all milled billet for that price Al (Message edited by al_lighton on January 14, 2005) | ||
| Newxb9er |
I think you've sold me Al! What a salesman! Yet, it all makes sense! | ||
| Dropnstyle |
ilikehotchicks....when you coming out riding again???if you need help with it call me and ill come over...maybe you can help install the jardine i just ordered...ill supply the beer  . you should replace the clutch one too, isnt that the one that is bent??? brian | ||
| Ilikehotchicks |
the bent one is the one that i broke in my wreck =) so i just need the brake lever. My friend put his Sim card in my phone and it FXcked up all my numbers so i lost your number again brian. So i Need to get it from you again PM it too me. I cant Ride because i suspended my insurance untill i get the bike all fixed up again. I Will need your help on a few things. I need to Remove my Swing arm So i can polish it and also we can install your drummer. I have a garage at my house and shyt you need to come by and chill Give me a call if you are off this weekend. 440-6617 | ||
| Black_sunshine  |
Al....You got me interested. Would you recommend the stock length or the short three finger? What is the advantage of the said three finger one? Do you have a pic? | ||
| Al_lighton |
Well, the shorty ones are all you really need. If you look at the shape of a lever, and the travel it moves thru, the lever is furthest away from the grip at the end. This is so that the end of the lever doesn't hit the grip before the rest of the lever. It's all in the geometry of the pivot location, the lever dogleg, etc. But the net effect of this is that the part of the lever that is furthest from the grip lines up with your shortest finger. Unless your hands are huge, your pinky will not wrap around the lever until it's about halfway in. By halfway in, your other fingers are already past the point of needing help, so you're not likely to try to assist them with your pinky. So the longest part of the lever is about useless anyway. That said, we sell the longer levers 10 to one over the shorty levers, just because that is the length that the stock levers are. People are used to them. Here's a picture of the longer and shorter lever, next to one of the brake levers with the full rocker mechanism. Inside these things are little springs, balls, cams, etc, they're really quite complex, thus my comment about how they seem inexpensive for what they are. If you wreck, the lever itself is replaceable, but it doesn't save as much as it probably should.  They come in both gold anodized and the gray color you see here. I really only stock the color here, but can get the gold. I keep a few sets of gold levers around, but demand is much lower for those. See brake lever here and clutch lever here Al (Message edited by al_lighton on January 14, 2005) | ||
| Tatsu |
I set my clutch at 1 and have left it there. In in an out of traffic and the open road. I think I have my brakes set at 3. I've never had the clutch miss a shift and no disengage in any of the positions. Look very nice on the bike. | ||
| Odie  |
I gotta get me some of those. I think I'm going to send Al all of my $$$$ soon......Odie | ||
| Metalstorm  |
If they're ever available in black let me know. Not that I could afford them but I'd still like to see them.  | ||
| 2k4xb12 |
Reuben, Sorry I haven't been able to check the threads in a few days, but sure -- I'll sell it for that if still interested. And -- oh yeah, they are CRG that I have -- not Crossroads (that's the bars)... My bad  Anyway, I can't recommend them highly enough (the CRGs). If you still want the stocker, email me at steven-p@sbcglobal.net. Steve. | ||
| Black_sunshine |
Thanks Al, Those just jumped on my short list. | ||
| Steve_uk |
}Where is the best place to get a replacement lever. aftermarket or stock it doesnt matter. IIRC, the front brake lever from a Yamaha R1 is the same. |
