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Missing RLET; Safe To Ride...?
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#21
08-02-2018, 07:30 AM
Purchased a new pair. Holy crap, these are actually supposed to fit on the levers? “Fat guy in a little coat” comes to mind.....
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08-02-2018, 11:39 AM
(08-01-2018, 07:17 AM)dbarkdoll_imp Wrote: I had the displeasure of dropping my bike in the yard the other week (or rather, gravity dropped it). Parked it on an uneven pitch to lock my shed up and plop, there she went. No biggie, except my front brake lever came out looking like a hook. Tried to bend it back and ended up breaking it into 3 pieces, lol. New lever ordered, installed, no problem. EXCEPT.....

I can’t get the old RLET off of the broken lever. If it was intact, it’d be possible, but it’s just the tip so nothing to grab onto. So my CB is lobsided. Is it safe to ride until my replacement RLET comes in? Am I disrupting the overall balance of the bike by riding 1/2 naked? Have I completely disrupted the chakras to an unsafe level? Will God himself smite me in the middle of the road??? UndecidedHuhSad

Or....you might consider this to be a sign that it's time to wean yourself off of the RLET drug. I'm fortunate that I never partook. Seems to me that RLETs are the gateway drug. Nosirry Bob. I'm not even taking a puff of RLET. I'm not getting hooked on that stuff.
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#23
08-02-2018, 11:54 AM
The Dark Side is strong in this tommymck, so it is, popgun. Like redbirds he is.
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08-02-2018, 12:07 PM
Yes, strong is the Dark Side. To Redbirds he goes.
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#25
08-02-2018, 11:32 PM
No way, RLETs or bust, as soon as I figure out how to get them on there.
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08-02-2018, 11:43 PM
RLETs are dangerous enough when both are present. For safety's sake, cut the other one off and eliminate the aerodynamic drag imposed.
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09-28-2021, 08:50 PM
(08-02-2018, 11:43 PM)redbirds_imp Wrote: RLETs are dangerous enough when both are present. For safety's sake, cut the other one off and eliminate the aerodynamic drag imposed.

I just read this ... not so sure how to act 'cos my STD has RLETs and DLX doesn't..???
(08-02-2018, 11:39 AM)tommymck_imp Wrote:
(08-01-2018, 07:17 AM)dbarkdoll_imp Wrote: I had the displeasure of dropping my bike in the yard the other week (or rather, gravity dropped it). Parked it on an uneven pitch to lock my shed up and plop, there she went. No biggie, except my front brake lever came out looking like a hook. Tried to bend it back and ended up breaking it into 3 pieces, lol. New lever ordered, installed, no problem. EXCEPT.....

I can’t get the old RLET off of the broken lever. If it was intact, it’d be possible, but it’s just the tip so nothing to grab onto. So my CB is lobsided. Is it safe to ride until my replacement RLET comes in? Am I disrupting the overall balance of the bike by riding 1/2 naked? Have I completely disrupted the chakras to an unsafe level? Will God himself smite me in the middle of the road??? UndecidedHuhSad

Or....you might consider this to be a sign that it's time to wean yourself off of the RLET drug. I'm fortunate that I never partook. Seems to me that RLETs are the gateway drug. Nosirry Bob. I'm not even taking a puff of RLET. I'm not getting hooked on that stuff.

OMG...even more confused...
Seems like our forum has lots of RLET's related secret posts ??
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09-28-2021, 09:18 PM
Strong is the Dark side. Sith Lord Redbirds has many weak minded acolytes. Many Padawans are lost.
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09-28-2021, 09:34 PM
(09-28-2021, 09:18 PM)Lord Popgun_imp Wrote: Strong is the Dark side. Sith Lord Redbirds has many weak minded acolytes. Many Padawans are lost.
We are lost, don't come looking for us

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#30
09-28-2021, 09:43 PM
Oh my - non-believers and anti-RLET'ers!

Tis' a disturbance.
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