Clutch and brake levers

[Aldi]

Looking at new levers, any recommendations appreciated.

Looking at black or alloy, short lever ideally.  I see a ton of unbranded Chinese levers available which look nice from a distance but for something safety critical these make me nervous.

Not sure on budget but interested to hear what you guys have / recommend

Cheers
Al

[Del]

Ive been using the Chinese levers for about 8 years or so no and never ever had an issue with them

Swear by them and for the money . . . . bargin

[gsxbarmy]

Look at Bad Dog levers - have them on my triumph and they are very good. Sports Bike Shop do them.

If you want the ultimate lever though you can't beat Pazzo levers. But they come at a price.

[seth]

I had a set of cheaper leavers could have been from the far east good quality and anodizing the only slight problem was the clutch switch didn't work properly I glued a small piece of plastic to the leaver and they were faultless for years till I got a set of pazzo leavers from a gut on the old org.

[grog]

not understanding , what is wrong with standard levers. not something that has ever bothered me. old, slow, missing something?

[froudy]

What Seth said

Nothing wrong quality wise with Chinese levers I fitted apart from the clutch switch not operating on span setting "1" without a small mod.

I got these cheap from a GSX14 member on Facebook for £20. Quality is also good and clutch switch works fine. The shorty levers did take a while to get used to though compared to the full length items.

[gsxbarmy]

not understanding , what is wrong with standard levers. not something that has ever bothered me. old, slow, missing something?

Nothing wrong with them Grog,  but they don't have the range of adjustment that dog leg levers do, and (for me at least) I find dog leg levers much easier to use - I find I can get much more control than with standard levers as the lever you pull is more aligned to the handlebar rather than being at an angle like the standard levers are.

[Aldi]

not understanding , what is wrong with standard levers. not something that has ever bothered me. old, slow, missing something?

Nothing wrong with standard levers, but the bike has short blue anodised from purchase and I'd rather go for a black or silver look.  Turns out I like the short levers as it takes pressure off my little finger left hand where I broke the knuckle a year ago.

Plus short levers clearly make the bike faster 

[grog]

sorry blokes, not on my list. i know nothing.

[Aldi]

Thanks for the feedback guys, seems my concerns on Chinese 'parallel' imports are unfounded. I used to dabble in importing from China for an ebay shop (fishing tackle) and quality was often dubious, I'd generally factor in binning 5% of stuff on arrival, and another 5% with quality issues on closer inspection.

The Pazzo levers look nice, and could pass the "only cost £30 love" doorstep challenge 

With the bad dog and Chinese stuff looking almost equally as nice I'll probably opt for the cheaper route. Making a few tweaks to the bike, I'll get photos up in the next couple of weeks 

[lil4399]

Thanks for the feedback guys, seems my concerns on Chinese 'parallel' imports are unfounded. I used to dabble in importing from China for an ebay shop (fishing tackle) and quality was often dubious, I'd generally factor in binning 5% of stuff on arrival, and another 5% with quality issues on closer inspection.

The Pazzo levers look nice, and could pass the "only cost £30 love" doorstep challenge 

With the bad dog and Chinese stuff looking almost equally as nice I'll probably opt for the cheaper route. Making a few tweaks to the bike, I'll get photos up in the next couple of weeks 

Following this. 

Be interested to see what you get as I am thinking of short blue ones....

[Aldi]

Ordered these:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUZUKI-GSX1400-2001-2007-SHORT-BRAKE-AND-CLUTCH-LEVERS-ROAD-RACE-R15B1/263415783994?hash=item3d54cde23a:g:nQcAAOSwVL1WBVYJ

Tick all the boxes and a great price, hopefully quality will be good   

I'll update and get photos on when I get them fitted

Al

[Latty66]

Got ASV shortys on mine about 100 cliks of adjustment fit them to all my bikes perfect for me

[BlackAdder]

I had Titax short levers on mine untill I changed to Brembo masters. Altho the Titax levers were short, I still shortened them as I usually use only 2 fingers to clutch or brake. 

With the Brembo masters I ordered short levers too and withthe brake the lenght aint issue as the lever doesnt come to the bar, but my friend nearly had a stroke as I took a hack saw and cut the clucth side shorter - hated it as the lever pinched my ring finger and little finger between the bar and the lever. Much better now :D

[Tony Nitrous]

Some mates have used Chinese levers with no drama's.

Others have had issues with starting due to the clutch switch, brakes dragging and heating, anodising fading and cheap shitty bolts working lose.

They really are a mixed bag. You can't ask if a car is good or bad without knowing who and where it was built and to what standard. Cheap / Chinese tells you very little.

I rarely change mine, but if I do, PAZZO.