Brake Lever Inbreeding

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I was looking at the stock brake and clutch levers today, thinking to myself, "damn these look familiar.... where have I seen these levers before"?

Then it hits me: these look DAMN similar to my Yamaha FJR1300 levers. Only one bolt holds the lever, so I yanked the brake lever out, and compared it with my FJR1300 brake lever I had stashed in my bottom toolbox drawer.

I think there is some inbreeding going one between Suzuki and Yamaha.... check they out side by side... which is the Busa, and which is the FJR? :confused:


http://www.superblackbird.com/HeavyBus/photos/BrakeLever/busa_vs_fjr.jpg


Looks awfully, AWFULLY close to being identical, does it? :oh yeah:

The Busa lever is on the bottom, and the FJR lever above it.

So why was my FJR brake lever in my toolbox drawer? 'Cuz I had scored a set of after market levers for the FJR last spring, and stashed the stock levers away.

You can see where this is going, right? :oh yeah:

If the brake levers are that similar, then perhaps - maybe - the FJR's after-market brake lever might fit on the Busa!


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Pazzo Racing titanium-anodized levers with black-anodized adjustment fittings! :thumbs up:

http://www.superblackbird.com/HeavyBus/photos/BrakeLever/Rearshot.jpg




http://www.superblackbird.com/HeavyBus/photos/BrakeLever/TopFront.jpg




http://www.superblackbird.com/HeavyBus/photos/BrakeLever/Rearshot2.jpg


Sadly, the clutch side has a totally different receiver block, and will not fit. Bummer. :head meets wall: