And here it is!
I wish! After talking with a few of you fine gentleman (and ladies) at the track, I have really been interested in the benefits of starting to use the rear brake more.
I have tried it quite a few time, and fine the benefits really good for controlling the front end, but found it very tricky to use with my right foot.
So, thumb brake it is! But am not going to spend $800+ on one, so thought I would have a go myself.
I started looking at the designs that are on the market, and went from there!
As we all have, there's a bag a old crashed parts in the corner of the shed, and thought there could be some good options.
So I need something to clamp around the fork leg!
It's a bit big, so time for some weight reduction.
Offer the OEM rear master cylinder up, and adaptor plate time!
Time to see how it looks on the bike!
An old gear lever could work as a thumb lever!
So at first it looks ok, tight, but we all like that!
Time for some welding! Now my welding skills are between, low to average, but I have a Danny, this boy can weld.
Flipped to the other side!
This is the type of projects Danny does through his business, he's very good!
Now at this point, all was looking OK, but after some more trial fitting the oem rear master was too big, and wouldn't work on full lock, so time for a rethink and time to look through the parts bin again.
Rev 1.2.
Trail fit.
So, the project is making good progress, next step:
Order new brake line.
Workout and order new bearings.
Change lever tip for better ergonomics for the thumb.
Anyway just wanted to share my little winter shed project.
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