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Message started by zipidachimp on 09/02/18 at 22:40:56

Title: Adjustable levers ?
Post by zipidachimp on 09/02/18 at 22:40:56

During a 3 hour ride today, I starting thinking that a lever that fits closer to the bar would make riding more enjoyable/safer. Has anyone tried these?
cheers! 8-)

Title: Re: Adjustable levers ?
Post by Dave on 09/03/18 at 04:14:33

Levers with less clearance between the lever and the grip reduce the amount of travel - this isn't much of a problem on the front brake but can be a problem for the clutch. The travel can also become a problem if you put oversize grips on.....that requires even bigger hands and reduces lever travel. Smaller diameter grips help to make for less of a reach to the lever for those with smaller hands.

I am not sure anyone has found a set of adjustable levers - but you can modify yours pretty easily.

Determine how much you want them moved in, take them off and trace the shape, put some white bar soap on the levers and heat them with a propane torch until the soap just begins to turn black, then let them cool - then put them in a vise padded with some wood blocks and use a soft hammer to bend the levers in. Keep matching them up against your tracing until you have the shape you want. The aluminum will be soft for a few days - but hard enough to ride with and you can reshape them for a few hours without having to heat them again. The aluminum hardens at room temperature after a few day. (Be sure to lube the pivot points when you put them back on).

Title: Re: Adjustable levers ?
Post by zipidachimp on 09/03/18 at 12:02:17

Dave: Granted you are technically correct, but torching any bike parts is way above my pay grade, and I'm retired!!!! Cheers! 8-)

Title: Re: Adjustable levers ?
Post by GOF on 09/03/18 at 13:33:09

7A69706964616368696D70000 wrote:

Dave: Granted you are technically correct, but torching any bike parts is way above my pay grade, and I'm retired!!!! Cheers! 8-)

Stock levers are cheap. Go ahead and give it a try. If you muck it up no big deal.

Title: Re: Adjustable levers ?
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/03/18 at 13:43:33

Buy one
Play with it
If it's cool
Put it on.

Title: Re: Adjustable levers ?
Post by batman on 09/03/18 at 22:59:01

Zip ,we are not talking flamethrower! all it takes is a small torch ,the kind you'd use on copper pipe. and a bar of soap.

Title: Re: Adjustable levers ?
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/04/18 at 07:14:24

Under twenty bucks
Every hardware store
You can get a piece of junk aluminum

Title: Re: Adjustable levers ?
Post by Hiko on 09/04/18 at 22:22:32

62595443525E454358505D42310 wrote:

I am not sure anyone has found a set of adjustable levers - but you can modify yours pretty easily.

Determine how much you want them moved in, take them off and trace the shape, put some white bar soap on the levers and heat them with a propane torch until the soap just begins to turn black, then let them cool - then put them in a vise padded with some wood blocks and use a soft hammer to bend the levers in. Keep matching them up against your tracing until you have the shape you want. The aluminum will be soft for a few days - but hard enough to ride with and you can reshape them for a few hours without having to heat them again. The aluminum hardens at room temperature after a few day. (Be sure to lube the pivot points when you put them back on).

Good tip about the white bar soap I have annealed aluminium by using the soot from an acetylene flame and then heating the part until the soot disappears with the same end result Never knew about the soap though

Title: Re: Adjustable levers ?
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/04/18 at 23:16:48

Who figures stuff like that out?