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(04-12-2015, 01:49 PM)Rboe_imp Wrote: Oh no, beating on it is not advised. Something that will give you good leverage (like my pipe wrench) that you can slowly bend that sucker over. If you have a good sized bench with a massive vise (I don't) you could remove the pedal and attempt to modify its' shape in the vise. Perhaps a length of steel pipe - but the front wheel would get in the way. As well as the frame and motor. 
But no beating, no torches.
I never did price out a new lever.
With my non-mechanical apptitude it would just be my luck I would pop that sucker in half. Unless I find a longer footpeg or a way to build it up, I'll get my welder friend to add an extension, then paint it with chrome paint. Function means more than cosmetics.
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Maybe your welder friend can fab one up from scratch, then you have the original unmolested one to put on if you sell it.
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Here is my latest idea to avoid riding the brake lever. Maybe I'll get around to shaping the block under the factory peg later. I lowered my brake lever the maximum 1/2" but with the riser I have 3" from top of peg to top of brake lever. If I ride the brake lever now i might as well sell the cycle.
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nobody mentioned foot position in this thread...I've heard others say, and being from a sport bike background, I usually keep my toes or balls of feet on the foot pegs, so my toes do not get near the brake lever.....how are you guys sitting, where is your foot placed on the peg, on the arch??
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Good catch, Hiker. I should have mentioned that, in my case, foot position was definitely ad contributing factor. I usually have the balls of my feet on the pegs when riding on curvy roads, but on longer trips, I sometimes move my feet forward to get comfortable. I figured out that my wife was seeing my brake light mostly on the long, straight stretches of a ride. After figuring that out, I usually just rest my heal on the peg on that side for a minute or two with my toe raised slightly to avoid hitting the brake lever.
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(04-13-2015, 06:40 AM)White Dog_imp Wrote: Here is my latest idea to avoid riding the brake lever. Maybe I'll get around to shaping the block under the factory peg later. I lowered my brake lever the maximum 1/2" but with the riser I have 3" from top of peg to top of brake lever. If I ride the brake lever now i might as well sell the cycle.
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I'm thinking I might put another block of rubber on top of the other and do away with the Honda cover. I found some old bedliner with nubs on the backside so that should give my shoe some gripping power. Gorilla glue should do the trick to mate both blocks of rubber as well as the bedliner.
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I honestly think you'll be fine if you just try to not ride the brake. Being conscious of the problem will probably solve the problem in this case. If you have the opportunity, go for a couple of longish rides with someone else so they can see if your brake light goes on at seemingly inappropriate times. You'll get it figured out by habit rather than by modification. BTW, I have the same size foot as you and I was able to change my habit.
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I scoot my size 13's back to the ball of the foot and this keeps my clodhoppers from riding the brake
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(04-13-2015, 01:23 PM)EmptySea_imp Wrote: I honestly think you'll be fine if you just try to not ride the brake. Being conscious of the problem will probably solve the problem in this case. If you have the opportunity, go for a couple of longish rides with someone else so they can see if your brake light goes on at seemingly inappropriate times. You'll get it figured out by habit rather than by modification. BTW, I have the same size foot as you and I was able to change my habit.
You don't know my wondering brain. It is constantly in motion and difficult to focus for any length of time. Not to say I can learn a new habit but it takes me awhile to do that.
I have made a point, OTOH, to constantly look at the clearance between the rotor and caliper. That's a dead giveaway of brake riding if those two pieces of steel get closer together. Before you know it, a groove will appear in the rotor indicating it is warping IF you ride the brake.
