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Old 05-26-2011, 08:57 AM   #1
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I've heard that about a few of them, overall decent quality, but not perfect.

Also heard that they break pretty bad in an accident, but you are better off buying two sets and just keep the 2nd set as a spare
Fuck that... Makes no sense. OEM levers snap like an 89 year old lady's hip... Do you have an extra set of OEM levers laying around?

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We have the shorties on all of the trackbikes. I've low sided and high sided with them, and they weren't damaged at all.
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I use chinese levers fold up levers on the fiddy and wrecked the piss out of them repeatedly. Given it's just 20-40 mph get offs, but they hold up and work fine.
that's pretty much what I figured... Levers are mechanically very simple, I never could quite wrap my head around them being worth hundreds of dollars for a pair.
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Old 05-26-2011, 06:13 PM   #2
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Fuck that... Makes no sense. OEM levers snap like an 89 year old lady's hip... Do you have an extra set of OEM levers laying around?

Yes I do. Actually for my CBR I have 2 extra sets in my tool box. I havnt used them yet but I have them.
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Old 05-26-2011, 06:19 PM   #3
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Fuck that... Makes no sense. OEM levers snap like an 89 year old lady's hip... Do you have an extra set of OEM levers laying around?
yes. My bike has been knocked over twice by someone's little fucker in a parking lot.

I keep an extra set in my tank bag for that reason.
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