I had them on my old GSXR600. Worked really well till I got T boned & totaled it. I also bought some 4 my new 2017 FZ 09. Remember, most everything we used is made in China even if it has a name brand on it. As long as it's CNC billet AL. Use your judgement
Yup, they work great. You should drill out the brake plunger hole a hair deeper though. Needs just a little more room for heat expansion. (all second hand info from others, but I wasnt going to chance a front brake lock up). Super easy. Other than that they have been wonderful.
I have Chinese levers, work fine didn't have to drill out anything, heat expansion has to do with the reservoir being filled to much, which doesn't allow for expansion
Which model do you have? And your sure if the reservoir is full to the correct level all is safe? I want some levers that don't take all my fingers off grip.
This is what I have. Sent straight from China! LOL, just kidding. Imported from China by a Cali Co located in Ontario .CA. Fully adjustable from reach & length plus foldable. Comes in rainbow of colors.
I've got them on mine and they're actually quite nice. I wouldn't cheap out on many things, tires for example, but I took a chance on these and was impressed.
I can confirm that's the case after bending one 90 degrees coming off my XT660X without it snapping like the stock lever certainly would have. The only issue you will have with the chinese levers is they will all fade to varying degrees depending on the colour. My gold / black levers with blue adjusters are now gold / olive green levers with blue adjusters after only a few months in the sun but for the price I paid I really can't complain
For those getting the ebay shorties, I would point out that I still can't fully engage the clutch with two fingers because the lever is long enough to hit my third finger.
I spent litteraly 3 hours yesterday evening trying to find cheap, trustworthy looking levers with gold color that matches the forks.... in the end, I just chose randomly
I was looking at those yesterday really hard... almost went for it but in the end, I was afraid they would look too ... 'kitsch'
I went with these in gold
Chinese levers have been the cause of several accidents. I would be careful with them. I researched them for another bike and found complaints about the levers causing the slightest amount of pressure to build up in the front brake master cylinder and locking up the front brake when the fluid heats up. There are YouTube videos of riders going down at high speed due to front brakes locking up.
This is caused by the piston in the master cylinder not being able to retract fully as the hole in the lever isn't drilled deep enough on a lot of them. I noticed this during installation on both my bikes and drilled them slightly deeper to be on the safe side. It's pretty obvious if this will be required as you will have to compress the piston to install the pivot bolt.
I have a set of Mad Hornets on my FZ-09, friend has a set on his FZ-09 and my brother has a set on his FJ-09, all fit and work great with zero issues.
The ebay versions look exactly the same as the Mad Hornets version. Not sure if they are knock offs of the Mad Hornets? or just Mad Hornets at a slightly cheaper price??? lol
The only complaint I have heard is some of the anodized colours fading from sitting in the sun a lot.
The ebay versions look exactly the same as the Mad Hornets version. Not sure if they are knock offs of the Mad Hornets? or just Mad Hornets at a slightly cheaper price??? lol
Can confirm my black and gold levers are now olive green and gold levers, but then my woodcraft bars have faded worse than my eBay levers. At least the levers don't look blotchy!
I have used them.
The gold anodized I had faded over time. no idea if it was that particular set or all the same. Did not look bad just "lighter" going toward silver I think.
My friends orange on a KTM are fine. Black is also holding up bery well..
Only nuisance in traffic I sometimes wish for a long clutch lever.
There have been instances of not right fit issues on web. One I've read about pivot holes were large, one brake light switch tab was off. Seems very rare though.
I've used them in previous lives, never had an issue. I don't think they'll hold up to any damage as well as a premium set, but I saw no points of concern for durability in daily use. That said, I went with CRG on my XSR.
Just picked up a set of Ebay long levers. Quality looks pretty good but had to sand the paint off the brake lever to stop it from sticking and not springing back to activate the brake light switch.
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