I never thought the quality would be up to much... but the fit and finish, and even the way the adjuster works, is completely flawless... there is NO way I can justify spending 6 times as much on Pazzos. These ones: click
Nah ive never liked a dry rear. I find a bit of grease helps. Come on don't tell me I'm the first to see the double entendre in the quote.
Chinese levers, they're cheap, both in price and quality. Pazzo's=Canada CRG=California FP= California ASV=California LSL=Germany Gilles=Germany Rizoma=Italy These companies all have product liability insurance, they have to be safe, and any false advertising of materials, or anything will get them. The china companies follow no regulations, and answer to nobody. If you crash your insurance company doesn't even have to cover you as your modification caused it. The main problem we have seen with the Asia levers is the quality control. It's horrible as they don't take it as serious because you can't do anything should something happen! On safety parts you can reverse engineer anything, but without quality control if the specs are off or the wrong part is packaged it's your life on the line. Also not all material is the same as stated above. Ask ANY manufacturer in this industry if all 6061 alum is the same grade and they will laugh at you. You buy high quality material or material from china that has blemishes all in it then the price difference is drastic. It can be a fraction of the cost of good quality materials. None of the quality sprocket manufacturers, lever manufacturers or brake manufacturers buys cheap material for a reason (even if it's the same grade). None of the companies I stated above product anything over there. By law they would have to state it if they did. There are BIG differences between the china crap and the US/UK/GE quality option The US/UK/GE levers are CNC machined with stainless hardware thread lock installed and most cases have sealed bearings at pivots. The LSL-levers for example were submitted to an intensive material resistance testing program at the TÜV Rheinland Institute Germany and differs strongly from the inferior quality budget prices copies, produced in China, by use of high quality materials & TÜV standard engineering. The cheap china knock offs are cast, bushings if your lucky do not have anywhere near the tolerances held by the US/UK/GE manufactures ,the hardware is cheap ass zinc [soft]. It’s like comparing a Dacia with a Jaguar…………… Personally, i believe Chinese levers will always be debated but i would never use them. Not trying to start a rumble. I just don’t want to trust my life on a motorcycle with products that could potentially come apart and cause an accident. I didn't want to start a debate either. Just wanted people to be aware of possible issues, as some have caused crashes.
Have just got home after 9 days of dog/house-sitting...only to be greeted with the sight of a nail in the rear Michelin Power 2CT on the FireBlade. I'm Just having a brew then popping the wheel out and hopefully going to be able to plug it.
two more mods i did today. lithium battery and gilles gear support. weight saving of the lithium battery is quite stunning it feels like an empty box, but the extra starting kick is great.
Watched m duc 748 being loaded onto dealers van for removal ! However got my blade to look forward to now
took the KTM 350 out to a new MX track , was having a ball until i come up short on a double bike stopped dead and i went straight over the bars and landed flat on my back , lucky i have a large supply of Trammel's and voltaren but i am still bloody sore
Had a great ride out to the coast at Hunstanton, ran a little late this morning waiting for the back ache painkillers to kick then discovered I hadn't put the hot water on so told Fordy99 and Fireblade46 to move out and I would meet them on the sea front. Hit some light rain (bollocks, bikes going to need a mega clean) and whilst stuck in traffic a Repsol apeared in the rear view mirror, it was Carl and his mate SimonRR. Rolled in sunny hunny without the sunny bit. Parked up with all the other bikes, close to Fordy99's BMW1000rr and Fireblade46's blade. I commented to Carl that I was getting concerned on the run in that I had a puncture or something not feeling right. He had the same thoughts and problem so it must have just been the wet road surface, felt like I was slipping and sliding all over the place. Fordy and 46 had just finished scoffing chips so we had a wander and a cup of tea/coffee, No ice cream's today. Bit of a natter and then headed back in land. Hit more rain, quite heavy this time but didn’t care; the bike was already minging now anyway. Rain stopped, roads dried up so we picked up the pace a bit for a quick run back. Cleaned my helmet and leathers, bike will have to wait for now. Having been out most of the day I thought I had better give Ling a bit of attention.
