Missing RLET; Safe To Ride...?

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Purchased a new pair. Holy crap, these are actually supposed to fit on the levers? “Fat guy in a little coat” comes to mind.....
 
dbarkdoll_imp said:
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??? :-/:huh::(
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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.
 
The Dark Side is strong in this tommymck, so it is, popgun. Like redbirds he is.
 
Yes, strong is the Dark Side. To Redbirds he goes.
 
RLETs are dangerous enough when both are present. For safety's sake, cut the other one off and eliminate the aerodynamic drag imposed.
 
redbirds_imp said:
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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I just read this ... not so sure how to act 'cos my STD has RLETs and DLX doesn't..???
tommymck_imp said:
dbarkdoll_imp said:
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??? :-/:huh::(
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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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OMG...even more confused...
Seems like our forum has lots of RLET's related secret posts ??
 
Strong is the Dark side. Sith Lord Redbirds has many weak minded acolytes. Many Padawans are lost.
 
redbirds_imp said:
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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Heresy. Blashphemy. Pride. The dark side are they.
 
To the non-believers:



Marquez, Spencer, Hailwood - All raced with RLETs.
And you think you're better than them. Ha!:dodgy:
 
Sorry Joe but RLETs protect at lower and normal speed not during racing 'cos RLETs are safety/angel items .... and at THAT time, these were not even called RLETs yet :P :D

P.S. Next week, I will have 6/six RLETs in my household :excited:
 
peterbaron_imp said:
Sorry Joe but RLETs protect at lower and normal speed not during racing 'cos RLETs are safety/angel items .... and at THAT time, these were not even called RLETs yet :P :D

P.S. Next week, I will have 6/six RLETs in my household :excited:
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Peter, I beg to differ. RLETs work well in the pits, while being transported, and in the the very last seconds of an accident, just before the lever would have contacted the ground. Back in Hailwood's day, they were Racing Lever End Things. :D

P.S. Glad to hear your new addition has a clutch lever too. Unless you're adding 2 DCT bikes......
 
Lord Popgun express his opinion in this matter has to...
Master RLET he is.....and his Ring happy must be...

Here is the proof/special order of my extra four (4) RLETs coming soon
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The Force is strong with this one. Purring the Ring is. Take note Padawans should.
 
Pay attention all ye! Pekingduck knows what he's talking about. He will also tell you Honda was fitting RLETs to motorcycles well before making the magnificent specimens he showed us.
 
Cormanus_imp said:
Pay attention all ye! Pekingduck knows what he's talking about. He will also tell you Honda was fitting RLETs to motorcycles well before making the magnificent specimens he showed us.
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And if you believe that, let me tell you what my dog told me this morning.......
 
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