Rally
05-May-2006, 23:37
OK, here's the thing. There are two things I do with my right hand. One is brake and the other twist the throttle. (OK, there are other things I do with my right hand but we are talking about riding ;) )
I've always found the feel of the brake lever nice but verging on the soft side. This, by itself, isn't a problem.
With the throttle, I had the single cable mod done to reduce the travel so I can get full throttle with out taking a second handful. The flip side is that the action is a lot stiffer. Again, by itself this isn't a problem.
My trouble is that the combination of these two things makes doing blip downchanges whilst braking impossible to achieve smoothly. The brake is too sensitive, even with two fingers, to achieve a blip without upsetting the braking.
I do blip downchanges all the time on the Multi and I miss not being able to do it on the 999. Something has to give. I don't think I can reduce the stiffness of the throttle control (I've already tried grease on the cable and reducing the spring tension on the throttle bodies could lead to the thing getting stuck open). I figure the answer is to make the brake lever stiffer and thereby less sensitive.
So, this long winded explanation is to get to this: Can you get different levers to fit the standard radial MC that changes the leverage?
I've looked at CRG levers, but they seem to adjust for throw not leverage. I know you can get Brembo billet racing MCs levers with differing leverage but how about the standard stuff?
Any thoughts?
I've always found the feel of the brake lever nice but verging on the soft side. This, by itself, isn't a problem.
With the throttle, I had the single cable mod done to reduce the travel so I can get full throttle with out taking a second handful. The flip side is that the action is a lot stiffer. Again, by itself this isn't a problem.
My trouble is that the combination of these two things makes doing blip downchanges whilst braking impossible to achieve smoothly. The brake is too sensitive, even with two fingers, to achieve a blip without upsetting the braking.
I do blip downchanges all the time on the Multi and I miss not being able to do it on the 999. Something has to give. I don't think I can reduce the stiffness of the throttle control (I've already tried grease on the cable and reducing the spring tension on the throttle bodies could lead to the thing getting stuck open). I figure the answer is to make the brake lever stiffer and thereby less sensitive.
So, this long winded explanation is to get to this: Can you get different levers to fit the standard radial MC that changes the leverage?
I've looked at CRG levers, but they seem to adjust for throw not leverage. I know you can get Brembo billet racing MCs levers with differing leverage but how about the standard stuff?
Any thoughts?