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Evel E.

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CB350F adjustable span brake levers
« on: November 07, 2005, 08:46:16 PM »
Hello,

Does anyone know if there are any aftermaket ones that will fit?  I suppose I could try to use a master cylinder from a modern bike, assuming that I can find one with an appropriate piston diameter.

-Eric

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Re: CB350F adjustable span brake levers
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2005, 09:23:23 PM »
Eric, no there isn't. Do you have small hands mate? Get some "Dog Leg" levers (copies of Magura's famous 1970's racing levers) they give better feel, and more power. Cheers, Terry. ;D
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Re: CB350F adjustable span brake levers
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2005, 01:02:38 AM »
Terry would you happen to have an online resource to get them from?  googling isnt helping....

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Re: CB350F adjustable span brake levers
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2005, 02:37:20 AM »
G'Day Henry, have a look at Ebay mate, type in "Honda CB350F" (or 400/500/550/750 etc) and look for "Power levers". If you can find some original Magura's you'll be doing very well (don't do a search on "magura" or you'll end up with a gazillion push bike parts) but anyway, they'll be expensive and the repro ones work fine, but aren't as flexible if you "drop" your bike. Cheers, Terry. ;D
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So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

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Re: CB350F adjustable span brake levers
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2005, 08:52:46 PM »
Ive been keeping an eye out for some levers from ebay as suggested by Terry.

got a set of these coming.  they should be the go.

thanks

http://cgi.ebay.com/CB-350-CB-400-4-CB-500-T-CB-550-K-F-BLACK-POWER-LEVERS_W0QQitemZ8017668770QQcategoryZ10460QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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Re: CB350F adjustable span brake levers
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2005, 09:20:59 AM »
I am one who was blessed with small hands - good for doing repairs in tight locations but not perfectly set up to operate the rather underwhelming CB brakes.  Many thanks for posting the Ebay link.  I have been looking for a set of power levers for my CB500 for quite some time. 
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1973 CB500
1974 CB350 - sold
1975 CB400F SuperSport
2000 Ducati Monster Dark