Rubber Lever End Thingies

[pdedse]

Ok...I just returned from the dealer where I bought my CB1100 a few weeks ago and the service manage informed me that all who install RLETs at home void their warranty! He said this work must be performed by them at rate of 1 service hour...I'm calling BS, naturally. Anybody run into this issue?

Second, I find it difficult to believe that there is no Youtube video for installing these...come on! 52 pages and no Youtube install video. I'm losing my faith in everybody here.

Finally, I'm not saying I'm not buying the RLETs, but I DO want to be on the right side of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBCUkdd57qc

[emptysea]

If there was a YouTube video on the install, neophytes might bypass the RLET Thread. That would be like trying to learn the Crane Technique without Mr. Miyagi - you may learn the motions, but would never have balance.

[Lord Popgun]

You must achieve enlightenment on your own, young Padawan. No YouTube, no service manager. Do or do not. There is no try.

[Retsel_imp]

Yes!


2014 CB1100 DLX
2013 CB1100 Std
1990 BMW K75 RT

Awright...on p18, have learned more about cb1100s than I have in the previous 3 three weeks.

Awright...on p18, have learned more about cb1100s than I have in the previous 3 three weeks. I don't know about learning more about the CB but this posting certainly has taught me more about the people in this forum that I needed to know!

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[Cormanus]

Every now and again there is an outbreak of heresy on the subject of RLETs. YouTube Video indeed. Harrumph!

[redbirds_imp]

It is clear to me that the RLET's original purpose has been lost. Obviously intended as a means of protecting the lever ends while in shipping, dealers failed to read assembly instruction 99c which instructed the tech to heat the RLET and remove before delivery. Later, Honda wisely stopped applying the RLETs realizing they were an anachronism akin to whalebone corsets. The wise men who engineered the modern CB1100 would have equipped the CB with RLET's if they reasoned them necessary. I know I speak heresy here but today's heresy often becomes tomorrows orthodoxy.

[Chapomis_imp]

Lost ? what's been lost is the polite rider who adds RLETS to the widest most part of their bike. They're obvious intent was to protect cars from getting keyed by lane splitting riders, which was very common in crowded asian and european streets (and CA highways) back in the 60s and 70s. I guess Honda didn't expect there to be many Lane Splitting geezers on CB1100s, so as to save us a couple of bucks they made them an option.

[redbirds_imp]

Why no RHBEWT's then? (Rubber Handlebar End Weight Thingies)

[capttwb136_imp]

Lost ? what's been lost is the polite rider who adds RLETS to the widest most part of their bike. They're obvious intent was to protect cars from getting keyed by lane splitting riders, which was very common in crowded asian and european streets (and CA highways) back in the 60s and 70s. I guess Honda didn't expect there to be many Lane Splitting geezers on CB1100s, so as to save us a couple of bucks they made them an option.

So that is the reason they are made. I've always wondered what their purpose was. Save a couple bucks, I wonder what Honda pays for them? Probably made in China. Maybe a quarter a piece?

[Chapomis_imp]

Its illegal now, but in some parts of the world riders would sharpen their lever ends, like the wheels of Roman Chariots. I wonder if the Modern Speedway riders ever considered that ?