the Ferret
Road warrior
EmptySea_imp said:
What's an RLET?
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ride4now_imp
Road warrior
scout48_imp said:
I still say: NOBODY show Redbirds the secret handshake!Lord Popgun_imp said:
You know... IF we have a NC rally again next spring... I say we just do to Redbirds what was done to me. I haven't called them 'rubbers' since and every time I ride the bike, I think of that rally and the effort that a few of you made to get me over from the dark side... er... shiny side. :biker:
activedirt_imp
Running like a top
From ages past the tradition of RLETs was that they must remain as a bride to be (also known as Barkles) and only after leaving this life will they assume the true meaning of Farkles. This secret is keep hidden behind a large blue tarp purchased at the local Walmart. If you sell your CB then your RLETs cannot become Farkles upon your promotion to the glory.
Headbanger02_imp
Been there
Curious, has anybody tried or considered dipping there lever tips in placti dip? Of course now, that would devalue the bike immensely since it's not a honda factory part. however the dipping kind does come in red, blue, yellow, white as well as black...
redbirds_imp
Road warrior
ride4now_imp said:
I still say: NOBODY show Redbirds the secret handshake!Lord Popgun_imp said:
You know... IF we have a NC rally again next spring... I say we just do to Redbirds what was done to me. I haven't called them 'rubbers' since and every time I ride the bike, I think of that rally and the effort that a few of you made to get me over from the dark side... er... shiny side. :biker:
I'll simply take a blade to them as in times past. It must be deftly done, a razor sharp blade, with care. So much as a scratch on the aluminum and the lever must be discarded, replaced with an original.
Dareius_imp
First service completed
Why?Lord Popgun_imp said:
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the Ferret
Road warrior
If you have to ask ..........
Dude, of course you an do what you like with your very own lever ends. You can post photos of it on the forum even. However, may I ask—with the greatest respect—that you not raise such heresy in this thread. Redbirds deplorable carryings on are quite enough.Headbanger02_imp said:
Headbanger02_imp
Been there
Dude, of course you an do what you like with your very own lever ends. You can post photos of it on the forum even. However, may I ask—with the greatest respect—that you not raise such heresy in this thread. Redbirds deplorable carryings on are quite enough.Cormanus_imp said:
No, I myself, have the factory stock part on my CB and my Valkyrie and my enduro dirt bike and my....wait, no I couldn't put it on my chopper, it has a different style lever, I was thinking along the lines such as CB4ME who likes and has a full on red theme to his bike as an example, I realize that this would/could cause a horrific "I can't believe he said that moment" but sometimes you just have to stick your neck out...
fritzwilliger_imp
Running like a top
What's an RLET? "Really Long Explanation Topic"
For those of us who have 'em, we never go out in public with the balls on the end of our levers uncovered.... LOL
fritz
For those of us who have 'em, we never go out in public with the balls on the end of our levers uncovered.... LOL
fritz
Lord Popgun
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http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2491fritzwilliger_imp said:
48 page thread on RLETS. 48 PAGES!!
the Ferret
Road warrior
Surely we can get it to 50 pages lol
Elipten_imp
Road warrior
It is answered if you read the entire set of posts.
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the Ferret
Road warrior
Good luck on finding that answer. I searched for years for the answer to that question. There has been a persistent rumor that a Japanese engineer early on scratched his car with the end of a lever while backing his bike out of the garage and they have had them ever since. The other thing I have heard was in the early days a lot of people dropped their bikes scratching the end of their levers. You could cover it up with a 25 cent rubber cover rather than replacing a $3 lever. All I can tell you for sure is I bought my first Honda in 1967 and it had them, and every CB Honda I owned or saw up until about the late 80s had them. I planned on getting rlets in 2012 in anticipation of the US getting the CB 1100 and they went on my 2013, the first the dealer received before I even took delivery of it.
Riko, you've been lurking long. Having acquired a CB, you've achieved a rate of farkle fast becoming the envy of other forum members. It is to be assumed you have read much. All this is good, but not sufficient: you must return to the start of this thread (see here) read and re-read. Then you must go [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2491]here and read and re-read what Brother EmptySea has rightly called The RLET Manifesto.
This is not science, Riko, this is metaphysics. By solving the risk posed by juvenile CBs levers to the side of Mrs Honda's car, Soichiro Honda brilliantly created a new, sublime state. Was it design? Was it accident? Will this thread make it to 50 pages? Who knows the answer to the first two of those questions; we need your help on the second. Let your watchwords be 'Read and post'. Read and post. Enlightenment approaches.
This is not science, Riko, this is metaphysics. By solving the risk posed by juvenile CBs levers to the side of Mrs Honda's car, Soichiro Honda brilliantly created a new, sublime state. Was it design? Was it accident? Will this thread make it to 50 pages? Who knows the answer to the first two of those questions; we need your help on the second. Let your watchwords be 'Read and post'. Read and post. Enlightenment approaches.
That's the spirit, Riko. A Jedi you will be.
This nonsense was posted in another thread.
A knob dipped in Plasti-dip does not an RLET make. If you doubt it, re-read this thread.
A knob dipped in Plasti-dip does not an RLET make. If you doubt it, re-read this thread.
