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Aks12r
Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 11:08 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

just have to get this one of my chest as its starting it irritate me...

06 buell, had it for 3 months, 2 weeks ago, took a pillion rider to work with me, pulled up outside the office, she gets off and i feel the brake lever wobble in my hand so i grip harder and SNAP! - break it clean in half across the inch thick metal!

I call my buell dealership and they say bring it in for warranty repair - 2 days later i get a call saying i can't have it replaced under warranty as there are scratch marks on the ball of the lever from 2 months ago when i caught it on a wall and buell wouldn't pay the dealership back if they replaced it.

fortunately had replacement levers on order from the states which arrived days later - i can appreciate the dealerships reluctance but they couldn't even supply a lever for a few days until the new ones showed up - once again my faith in them is firmly kicked in to touch.

there. rant done.

(Message edited by aks12r on July 13, 2006)
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Diablobrian
Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 01:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

For the future, either use a hacksaw to notch the lever an inch or so in from the tip,
or drill a hole about half the width of the lever in the same distance. It's a racer's
trick that weakens the end of the lever. That way if the lever gets stressed the tip
breaks off, not the whole lever.
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Bads1
Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 02:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You can't hardly expect a dealer to have parts laying around for loaners. Or even put a new one on and say bring it back when you get your new ones from the states. Levers are cheap.
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Aks12r
Posted on Friday, July 14, 2006 - 06:26 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You can't hardly expect a dealer to have parts laying around for loaners. Or even put a new one on and say bring it back when you get your new ones from the states. Levers are cheap.

not really a case of dealerships having a spare used lever (£40-50 here for a replacement brake lever) which they all should do anyway... more annoyed with the fact i can snap a brake lever in half with my bare hands on a £7845 motorbike and still not get it replaced under warranty within 3 months of purchase. i'm no metal expert but i also know i'm not that bloody strong hence a manufacturing fault.
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Midknyte
Posted on Friday, July 14, 2006 - 12:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Causes aside, instead of coming here to bitch about it, why didn't you come here and ask if someone had a spare or could otherwise hook you up with one?
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Aks12r
Posted on Friday, July 14, 2006 - 01:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

cheers midknyte - good to know i can rely on the understanding and empathy of other buellers.
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Bads1
Posted on Friday, July 14, 2006 - 01:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

The levers are aluminum for crying out loud my friend. You dragged it along a wall and that is when you probably stressed it and then it finally snapped in your hand over time. If they have to have a spare laying around for your bike then they have to have one for all the HD models as well. They might as well just build a separate warehouse just for spares for when this stuff happens.
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Midknyte
Posted on Friday, July 14, 2006 - 03:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

cheers midknyte - good to know i can rely on the understanding and empathy of other buellers.

Uh, this is how things work best around here... Give it a try mate?
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