02-04-2026, 03:14 AM
I must refer you to the RLET Police Squad who truly manages this Forum. If I recall, the first law on the books is you will maintain proper RLETs at all times or be publicly singled out. Closely related is the mystical merging of Star Wars power that relies on the Force to protect all CB1100 riders and their machines once the RLETs have been applied.
As for the physics, it is my recollection that when rubber ages, it tends to shrink and loose some flexibility. I suspect your 12 year old RLETs are married for life to your current clutch and break levers. If you can remove them, they will be distorted and malshaped. In your previous experience, I suspect the tensile strength of the RLETs allowed for easy removal because they were new and flexible, and not old and rigid, like me.
As for the physics, it is my recollection that when rubber ages, it tends to shrink and loose some flexibility. I suspect your 12 year old RLETs are married for life to your current clutch and break levers. If you can remove them, they will be distorted and malshaped. In your previous experience, I suspect the tensile strength of the RLETs allowed for easy removal because they were new and flexible, and not old and rigid, like me.
2017 Honda CB1100 EX
The most sophisticated, smooth, perfectly engineered motorcycle I've ever owned. A pleasure in every way.
The most sophisticated, smooth, perfectly engineered motorcycle I've ever owned. A pleasure in every way.