Throw them in the trash. Don't mess around with shitty brake components- get quality parts if you like staying alive.

 

If I were you I would stop messing around with those knock-off levers. Sell them on eBay and get yourself some levers that actually fit.

 

+1 if you could find another sucker to buy them.

 

also... your clutch has a ton of play in it.

 

bah.. i compared my old lever with this one. I can just grind off an inch, and i bet itll fit.

 

Now you know why they were $60 :fact

 

you get what you pay for...

 

i had the exact same problem with those exact levers. My front brake locked up on me when getting onto the highway luckily i was just going about 10mph when it locked up but i did just as you said i grinded enough off so that it don't touch the master pinion and it works like a charm now. :flex:

 

How in the hell did you possibly install them and not notice the interference before riding? You just put them on, didn't try them, then went out and rode?

Your life is surely higher priority than that; high enough that it needs to be almost instinct that you would test/verify the operation of a critical control of a 400lb, 160HP missile that you just made alterations to.

That is beside the fact you have a world class, umpteen thousand $$ motorcycle, and bought the controls for it from an unknown ebay supplier. I don't get it.

 

This thread should be a sticky.

 

:shake

 

So these are the Auctmart levers...???

:bash

 

:dunno mine work just fine:dunno

 

99-01 R1's have this problem with the Ebay cheapies.
I bought a set to see if I wanted to stay with shorties before spending the big bucks on name brand ones. I had to mod them like everyone else.

I made up some instructions on how to do it and saved it as a word file. I can email it to you if you like.

Having done the mod I`ve put about 2000K's on them and they ride just fine. Never had an issue and I`ve had to brake hard many, many times.
I don't agree with some comments saying "get rid of them if you want to live". There is plenty of meat on the adapter and grinding off what is needed still leaves more than enough.

Until another style comes along that appeals, I won't be changing to "Name Brands".

My 2c worth.

 

pm'd.!. thanks.

 

well. this was a winter project started in november "on a budget", so between then and now it slipped my mind "i meant to adjust it" as i was pulling it out of my basement. i probably have early onset alzheimer's at 28

 

You should never modify a motorcycle 'on a budget', if you can't afford better quality parts then you should either save up or not buy them at all. In the end they will bring you more headache then it's worth.

I'm glad to hear there was a solution for your issue.

 

aftermarket levers if not machined right can lock up the brakes. We've already seen it from someone who bought from china. Insurance didn't cover him as he modified it with unsafe products and he can't do jack against the company he bought from as they are in china. He's out medical and the bike.

the older r1's use a very specific brake lever as well. If they sent you the wrong one or machined it wrong it will mount up, but it will lock up the brakes as it's just a hair incorrect for the 1st gen r1's. It's correct for the 2nd gen r1's though.

There is a reason some parts cost what they do. Products in America also carry liability insurance in case of failure so them and you are covered. This is damn spendy, but in the end it could save you thousands...

 

60 bucks for both. better than 170

Or is it?

Thread title corrected. Unfortunately your product is working as designed, it was designed to take your money.

 

Thank you for posting this. Everyone says not to buy eBay garbage, but I haven't seen ANY evidence as to why not.

I still buy eBay parts, just not when my life depends on them :sneaky

 

Kmac- I did try a short ride before going any long distant ride and everything seemed to work perfectly..I second guessed the lever when i was putting it on and i had to use a lil pressure to get the bolt hole to line up but when i rod i seen no difference or any issues at 1st. But like i said in my last post the lever ended up locking up my front brakes i should of trusted my instincts when i second guessed the lever but i didn't and got lucky when the front brakes did lock up. But the lever after the grinding job is working perfectly and seems to be doing as any other lever should. I learned my lesson on buying cheap stuff but again a lil mod fixed the problem with the cheap levers.

 

Sketchy stuff SS... Should say great shot of you and your boy:thumbup

 

well, I grinded the sucker down to what seems to match the appearance of the old lever. havent put er on due to the terrible rain we're getting up in connecticut

 

i guess what im trying to say is i should of gone with a name brand lever but i didnt and with a lil mod the off brand levers worked out in great working condition in the long run lol.

 

grinding the lever down isn't the answer. They have to be exact specs or when things heat up you can actually lock up your brakes. That has been an issue on the older r1's if you don't have the tolerances right.

 

Corey I have to agree with you that as things heat up there needs to be a tolerance to compensate. However, as I too have purchased these cheapies and modded them to work with my older R1 I guess I`m qualified to add some input here.

Firstly, the modding required to fit the levers to 98-01 R1's is a minor removal of metal from the piston "thumb" (essentially flattening it out). This still leaves an equal amount of meat on the piece that would be found on a stock lever.

Secondly, I have put over 2000K's on my modded levers (including a track day or 2) and never encountered any problem with the lever failing. Lucky mabey, or perhaps the lever is able to with-hold the rigours of hard braking in it's modded form. I`m betting on the latter.

Finally, I appreciate vendors trying to up-sell their products. No issue there at all. What I don't get is why I can buy shorty levers for a dirt bike for 1/3 the cost of a road bike lever. Side by side, there isn't 1/3 the size or weight difference, so does that mean that dirt bike levers are inferior?

Sure brand names sell, that's the only reason Hardley Worthits are still selling (and at ridiculously inflated prices for what the components are really worth). I`m almost certain that if these levers were named Kawayamisukiduc levers and were advertised in every bike publication they'd become overnight sensations and if the prices remained low, we'd see the big name brands lowering to keep up.

again my 2c worth. (overpriced....:no)

 

here here..

 

alrighty. after grinding down the thumb. works like to charm. adjusted the clutch too. feels good. pheww.

 

good to hear. hope my mod instructions helped.