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I don't get it. There are break-away levers that can be combined with the malleable levers that bend and do not break. Did the perch break off? What kind of levers does Deegan use and how the hell did it break off so easily?
Setting Kitchen's punt aside, it's that brake lever that could have cost him the championship tonight.
There is no such thing as indestructible
That’s a fair point, BDB. There are plenty of aftermarket levers out there that are designed to fold rather than break. I assume Haiden was running a stock lever… but why?
Agreed, but there's something called engineering that could easily design a system that has a backup (finger) lever that won't break off in case of a major malfunction of the main lever.
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Looks like the folding lever broke at the pivot point. You can engineer something all you want but if it gets hits just right things can break.
If I'm Star I'm re-designing that weak point after tonight.
Pretty sure most of the OEMs insist on using OEM parts.
I have often looked at Yamaha, in particular, at OEM levers on otherwise pretty modded bikes.
I stand to be corrected, but think the Hondas and Kawis often do too.
Stock lever, as far as I can tell.
I already have a design that will prevent that from ruining a race. Star or Arc, reach out to me by PM and I will license it to you.
Most of the Star team is on ARC levers, some choose solid blades, and some choose folding.
HRC, most of the team is on ARC, except Hunter I believe.
Factory Kawasaki is on ARC.
They still run out of gas sometimes in this sport so.......
Didn't the manufacturers (Factorys) a few years ago say that their riders have to run the stock levers??..i swear i read something about that with honda and the reason they run the black lever on one-side and regular silver on the other.
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And I'm sure just like the solution I just came up with, you and many other vital members here can create a simple design that prevents that from happening again, even if it were to break in the same spot. It's a simple fix and is the difference between the SMX Championship Crown and 250K if Deegan finishes 2nd next weekend.
Up in the snowbelt country, we run blue tooth front brakes.
Maybe they should have stuck some of that carbon fibre tape on it, ha!
Nah. 😄
ARC levers are fantastic, I can see why so many teams run them. IMHO, best feel for an after market lever, but more durable than stock. Doesn't look like Deegan was running an ARC lever.
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Fucking classic Mav.......!!
On a serious though, about his lever break.... My Dad had an expression, that always turned out to be true....(besides women have secrets....) If it is designed, and built by Man, it can, and will fail. That's just the way it is. Shit happens.
But I gotta admit, this whole Flex tape, Flex seal empire, this shit has got me thinking...... What a sponsor this sport could use!
Us poor bastards have been taping, gluing, hacking on shit for years...... what a market they are missing. Have them sponsor a team, or a high pay privateer event...... Seal a leaky fuel tank? Radiator? Coolant hose? Hell, put their pitch man on an old abused ex Pro practice bike with a cracked frame held together with Flex Whatever it is.... Launch an SX triple.....
Marketing 101...... Damn it, that is entertainment.
There's this stuff called teflon plumber's tape. A few wraps of it under your perches will prevent this from happening. Might not sound trick or factory, but neither is losing $500K when 5 cents of teflon tape could have prevented it.
My first down vote, sorry OP. You can't argue with physics. Shit breaks sometimes no matter the design.
No problem JRoc, downvotes are welcome anytime here. But just know, there’s a simple and inexpensive design add-on that prevents Deegan from losing 500K tonight
ARC is all over instagram making sure everyone knows it’s a stock lever.
Can you screenshot it?
That’s not “all over instagram”
what kind of argument is that? With that mentality nothing ever will improve cause u just take it for how it is. I think OP makes a valid point. Dont get the disagreement at all.
Imagine he loses this championship by just a few points. You 100% can blame that on the brake lever then. Whats so wrong trying to figure out how to prevent those things from happening?
Depends on the direction it was hit to break it off. Teflon tape probably wouldn't have helped if it was an inward force, just up/down.
Stock lever
Both Sunline and Renthal used to have levers that fold up, down and forward.
Polisport have composite levers that are supposed to be unbreakable.
I don’t get it why the teams don’t use something like that since you have more to gain from it than what you got to lose.
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