Rubber Lever End Thingies

[Guth_imp]

Tonight a got a PM from a member that had just joined. It was a simple enough question.

What is an RLET?

Kinda hard to explain my friend.... part reality, part magic, larger in legend than their physical size would suggest. Difficult or easy to install depending on one's technique, attitude...and Karma. Interesting in that they came stock on most Hondas for years and yet some say they have never seen them. I only know, that once you put a set on your bike, suddenly the sun will come out, birds will sing, the grass will be greener,sky will be bluer, the roads will be smooth with perfect curves, your bike will run crisper, you will get better gas mileage, all manner of cool stuff will happen. Mystical little things I tell ya, but kinda hard to explain.

Weill I suppose that it's true, even when it comes to the glorious CB1100. "They just don't make 'em like they used to."

I can just picture the discussion amongst the Honda marketing team now.

Idealistic Junior Marketing Guy: "I think it would be great if we included those old school things that cover up the ball end of the clutch and brake levers on the CB1100. You know, those little rubber end lever thingies, what ever it is you call them. Wouldn't that be awesome?!"

Seasoned Marketing Guy: "Are you nuts? You go tossing in those little rubber end lever thingies and the next thing you know they'll want 150 horsepower out of that motor AND 100+ mpg to boot. No way we're opening up that can of worms!"

(At this point the junior marketing guy heads back to his office in shame. Where he returns to his sketches of the retro bike that he dreams of launching someday: the Z150, complete with RLETs.)