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[Devon Jarvis]

I know I should have done this BEFORE I had to ride home without a back brake. I got a stick caught between the brake pedal and the case while riding through the woods, and it broke the brake pedal /rear master cylinder bracket. Is anyone using the dual-star billet replacement? Is anyone using a "pedal-saver", one of those cables that runs from the bash plate to the brake pedal end? They are supposed to prevent a stick from jamming itself between the pedal and case, and limit the range of travel of the pedal in case one gets in . Thanks, Devon

[Zachariah Mully]

Devon- I have a DS bracket on order (now if they'll actually ship it!) as that bracket is definitely too easily broken. I looked at those lever saver lines and honestly, they look to be a length of wire, that you wrap around the toe of your lever and then affix (with the proper slack) to the frame forward of the lever. Might try to make a set out of the $0.53 of wire-rope I got at the hardware store. Z DC

On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 18:43, Devon Jarvis wrote: > I know I should have done this BEFORE I had to ride home without a back > brake. > > I got a stick caught between the brake pedal and the case while riding > through the woods, and it broke the brake pedal /rear master cylinder > bracket. > > Is anyone using the dual-star billet replacement? > > Is anyone using a "pedal-saver", one of those cables that runs from the > bash plate to the brake pedal end? They are supposed to prevent a stick > from jamming itself between the pedal and case, and limit the range of > travel of the pedal in case one gets in . > > Thanks, > Devon [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Devon Jarvis]

Thanks John, and Zack. I wired the pedal in place, and wired up a half-assed brake saver out of safety wire, just to keep the lever in place for the rest of the day. Riding dirt without a back brake sucks, but I was a lot faster! I posed the same question to the thumper list- the "proper" second life for an old clutch or throttle cable is to become a brake saver. If I don't have a donor, I'll find some stainless wire rope and make one. Devon John Lyon wrote:

> > I am using a pedal saver. If you want to see a > picuture, let me know. You can make one for around 5 > dollars with parts available at most hardware stores. > When I first installed it, I thought it would get in > the way. I do not even notice it when I am riding. > > John Lyon > > --- Devon Jarvis wrote: > > > Is anyone using a "pedal-saver", one of those cables > > that runs from the > > bash plate to the brake pedal end? They are supposed > > to prevent a stick > > from jamming itself between the pedal and case, and > > limit the range of > > travel of the pedal in case one gets in . > > > > Thanks, > > Devon > > _____________________________________

[Zachariah Mully]

John- I'd love to see your setup, if you don't have any place to post them, email them to me and I'll post them on my webserver so that everyone on the list can see them. Z DC

> > John Lyon wrote: > > > > I am using a pedal saver. If you want to see a > > picuture, let me know. You can make one for around 5 > > dollars with parts available at most hardware stores. > > When I first installed it, I thought it would get in > > the way. I do not even notice it when I am riding. > > > > John Lyon > >

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[KJ]

on 4/8/02 10:09 AM, Zachariah Mully at zmully@... wrote:

> Devon- > I have a DS bracket on order (now if they'll actually ship it!) as that > bracket is definitely too easily broken. I looked at those lever saver > lines and honestly, they look to be a length of wire, that you wrap > around the toe of your lever and then affix (with the proper slack) to > the frame forward of the lever. Might try to make a set out of the $0.53 > of wire-rope I got at the hardware store. > > Z > DC

I did this with bicycle shifter cable on my WR200. One end has a barrel shaped piece fixed to it, and the other end is cut to whatever length you need. I drilled a small hole in the brake lever to fit the cable through, the end piece will keep that end in place. Than the other end was threaded through a hole drilled into the skid plate and wrapped back on itself I used an aluminum cable "doodad thing" to crimp the end down to the cable. I don't remember were I got it. Anyone know what this is called? Karl

>> Is anyone using a "pedal-saver", one of those cables that runs from the >> bash plate to the brake pedal end? They are supposed to prevent a stick >> from jamming itself between the pedal and case, and limit the range of >> travel of the pedal in case one gets in . >> >> Thanks, >> Devon > >

[David Crawford]

I buddy of mine just purchased a 2002 Vstrom. He is also a fellow KLR Rider. He was looking for a more street friendly Sport Tour. look a like http://www.suzukicycles.com/sr_02/sportstreet/images/bp_dl1000_grey.jpg David Crawford 94 KLR all Acerbis