(04-20-2015, 09:35 AM)Lord Popgun_imp Wrote: I've never done anything like that...

glad you figured it out! Sometimes a little help does the trick even if the help isn't always right

I did send the scans. BUT, the email hung up right after I sent them. Says they went out. Let me know if you don't get them.

(04-20-2015, 12:35 PM)EmptySea_imp Wrote: Hey...I'm glad this all worked out for you, but in defense of the longer-of-hoof and just in case some new person with a size 11 (or larger) should stumble upon this thread, it should be noted that your issue with your brake lever has nothing whatsoever to do with the size of your feet. It does have to do with the position of the brake lever and the amount of play in it on your bike and possibly with your foot position on the peg. This modification is completely unnecessary for the vast majority of riders, even if they have larger feet, but for those riders who are riding the brake and cannot come up with an easier solution, it's great that they have this thread as a resource.

(04-21-2015, 01:11 AM)EmptySea_imp Wrote: Exactly my point. Your solution applies to your particular bike and perhaps some others. Not all CB1100s have this problem and not everyone who has larger feet has a bike with the lever higher (or even even with) the peg. Of those riders where there these two problems come together, there may be some who ride with the balls of their feet centered on the pegs and thus would probably not encounter the problem of riding the brake. I only made my post so that someone who is a new CB rider and has large feet would not automatically assume that he would need to make the adjustment that you made. Rather, he might want to ride with someone following to see if he is riding the brake in the first place and, if so, he may want to look to some other, less-involved, solutions.

I'm 6'1" (34" inseam) and a size 11 foot. Yes, the riding position is more cramped than I would like (I may pad the seat at some point), but it's just so dang fun to ride that I'm not going to complain too much about being cramped. Being stuck in my office on a 75 degree day--now THAT's "cramped".

(04-20-2015, 10:23 AM)White Dog_imp Wrote:

(04-20-2015, 09:35 AM)Lord Popgun_imp Wrote: I've never done anything like that...

glad you figured it out! Sometimes a little help does the trick even if the help isn't always right

I did send the scans. BUT, the email hung up right after I sent them. Says they went out. Let me know if you don't get them.

I knew it couldn't be all that complicated but mental lapses occur these days. I did get the scans, thank you. I ordered the Factory Manual early last week but Helm seems to take their sweet time sending out publications. Hopefully I won't need it this week.

It it ever quits raining, I'll give it a test ride. I was on my Goldwing today coming home from lunch when another shower began. By the time I got to my neighborhood, 1/2" hail was pelting down and that does not feel good. It was so hard I could barely see but made it home safely. Of course my clothes were drenched but the dryer fixed that.