Bonneville America Forums Forums Technical Forums Custom Corner Inverted clutch & brake levers...how possible?

I come across these all the time on ebay...


The cables are internal, and theyre supposed to exit after the grip...So im guessing that the length of cable is a question, which i think i have. Are triumph cable ends different than standards? What else am I not thinking of? Ease of squeeze based on the added friction of the internal cable? Has this been done on our bikes before?

I think they look pretty cool when theyre on the bike..except for the way the brake cable hangs in this picture...he doesnt have the clutch routed that way though.


Any thoughts?

Looks like the brake cable is for a non-hydraulic system.
Works with manual disc or drum brakes.

oh?....hahah....i forgot about that....and i guess it'd look a bit silly with the clutch inverted and the front brake normal....dam

How about running a remote master cylinder and actuate it rem by a cable (a very high quality cable, I might add)?

Yeah Ian PM'd me that kinda idea, I just dont think the amount of work is worth it. I cant imagine selling the bike someday and trying to explain to the guy how awesome it is to have these inverted levers and how its worth him paying me an extra $1000 for the time spent on fabrication..ahha

Like those my self.

to me it looks like both the Clutch and Brake run tight to the bars, but that cable that hangs down like that might be the Throttle cable maybe. Since cable are basicly the same as a wet noodle when trying to use them to "push", the remote Brake cylinder would be rather interesting to set up. A level pulling on the cable which would pull on another lever to push on the master cylinder....sounds like fun to design.