Handlebar control symmetry

[Uncle Sixer]

In what way are the left and right control housings not symmetrical?   Distance to their respective master cylinders?  Or rotationally?

The white of the throttle pipe shows because grips are usually 120mm or 130mm long, and those are shorter aftermarket ones.

The pins are about 4mm diameter, but I would avoid cutting them because they are truly necessary to prevent rotating the switch in actual use - the screws won't tighten the housing enough to prevent rotation.  It's perfectly safe to drill new locating holes.

Side-to-side symmetry... 

left side: between control housing and clutch lever mount there is more space and grip is snug to controls.

right side: 1/4 inch less space cont housing to brake lever mount and gap between grip and controls


I assumed the grips were stock, but I believe you now that I am looking at them again, but they do measure just a hair over 5 inches end-to-end (closer to 130mm than 120)

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The gap between the throttle grip and the switch housing on my bike was bigger than the gap between the left grip and the switch housing. One very hot day when I was a long way from home, I gave it a mighty twist to move it in a bit and managed to break one of the throttle cables. I live with it now.

Wow, yeah, I don't need a problem like that!