slopster
22nd July 2007, 18:21
I recently put together a rear handbrake setup for my bike. It works really well but I'm not co-ordinated enough to use it so its really wasted on me (seemed like a good idea at the time though!). Basically copied the purpose made kits you see selling in the states. It consists of a front brake lever mounted upside down to work on the left, 1.45m of braided SS brake line and a junction valve which basically attaches to the rear master cylinder where the reservoir normally feeds into and lets you bolt a brakeline to it. The junction valve is is cnc machined from aluminium and universal for most bikes. You mount the brake lever under the clutch lever and you can still use the rear foot brake like normal. On my gsxr mounting the lever meant shorting the grip slightly and moving the clutch lever a little to the left. To finnish it properely you will need to make a mount for the brake reservoir on the lever cos the mount is upside down but I just cable tied it in place.
Heres what the bits cost.
Second hand GSXR1000 master cylinder with no lever (I borrowed the lever off another bike for this project but gsxr levers are only $25). $45
Junction valve $50
Brake line $115
Total $210
Make me an offer round $200.
Heres a link from ebay where I got the junction valve from with some photos:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Handbrake-Adaptor-rear-hand-brake-stunt-junction-valve_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ35592QQihZ007QQit emZ170131660107QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
Heres what the bits cost.
Second hand GSXR1000 master cylinder with no lever (I borrowed the lever off another bike for this project but gsxr levers are only $25). $45
Junction valve $50
Brake line $115
Total $210
Make me an offer round $200.
Heres a link from ebay where I got the junction valve from with some photos:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Handbrake-Adaptor-rear-hand-brake-stunt-junction-valve_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ35592QQihZ007QQit emZ170131660107QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW