Levers...

[Kitt]

Loosen up on the perches, so they spin on the bars, folding levers, or hand guards?

What do you all do to keep from breaking levers?

[Paul_E_D]

I don't fall...





J/K I keep em just a little loose. I do have a bent clutch lever right now. The OEM levers are so cheap, I could buy 20 of them before spending as much as a single set of ASVs or similar.

[Pigman]

Find a good seller of knock off OEM's and have a few on hand......

[Chippertheripper]

What they both said, and hand guards.

[csmutty]

I bought a bike with asv's.

[shortbus]

I bought a bike with pazzo style levers (I think they are fake). The knuckle failed (when I crashed) that allows it to be adjustable and holds it to the master cylinder. I think I'm gonna machine up a bunch of those so that they fail way before the lever, lever falls off in a crash, go pick it up and install another knuckle.

[typeone]

Cycra Pro bends + teflon tape under the lever mount.

[hondarider102]

Wirelessly posted

I spend the $150 and get asv's

[b0xmonkey]

On the race bikes, I used to drill a hole about 2 or 3 inches from the end so a small piece would break off instead of bending the whole thing. I like the idea of loosening them on the dirty bikes though.

[PainfullySlow]

I use my own levers so I have spares :-p. Teflon tape under the perch is a great idea though, oddly enough we were discussing this very thing in our pits over the weekend. I am definitely going to give that a try.

[yzedf]

Hand guards for me.

[OreoGaborio]

Woodcraft lever protectors on both sides
Folding Accossado lever on brake side
Perch slightly loose on clutch side

[csmutty]

Ahh you guys...this is in dirty bastards...

[a13x]

teflon tape. neat trick. i never knew that one until i got my KTM a few months ago...

[Awesome]

I prefer hand guards.

[Stromper]

Motion pro has many oem levers for cheap seem fine

Some kind of bark busters

[Paul_E_D]

So, I just highsided in the whoops again and bent my clutch lever right back in place. THAT is how it's done gentlemen.

[slowkermit]

ASVs are worth every penny if you don't run guards. I've been running EE hand guards for the the last 5yrs. Snapped the tip off one lever somehow, but otherwise many many many crashes and no issues. I don't bother with teflon and I keep the perches bolted tight.

[breakdirt916]

I ran guards, and still somehow snapped an aluminum lever after it tipped over in the driveway

guards AND spares for me...

although didn't know about the loose levers trick - I figure I'd land/grab them the wrong way and have them twist mid-ride, which is annoying

[a13x]

Bark busters are not the hot setup for MX.

[slowkermit]

I agree. Years ago I got tired of snapping levers and perches on my CR, so I bought ASVs. Never had another problem, because they bent backward on impact, and were beefier as well. Now I run bark busters, since most of my riding is in the woods.

[Kitt]

fixt

[Tricky Mike]

teflon tape under the lever mount.

Troof!