Brakes locking up when riding? New LEVERS? Read here PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT!! : Suzuki GSX-R Motorcycle Forums: Gixxer.com Anyone know if there is any truth in this? I am now paranoid, but I went for a ride earlier and although the brakes seemed fine, there was a weird vibrating sensation that I haven't felt before a couple of times. I presume it could have been ABS kicking in (wasn't looking at the dash), but it was at very slow speed when coming to a stop, so the wheel would not have been locking up in a normal situation. Having those now, I just have massive paranoia and might go for some reputable brand levers...
Get the front wheel off the ground and spin it - if it spins freely it ain't binding. I've bought maybe ten sets of cheapo chinese levers and they've all been spot on. I assume your standard levers were fine? What country do you reckon they were made in..?
I wouldn't trust cheap Chinese levers where I don't know if the quality is OK. I'm 99% sure they would be fine but that 1% could be a failure and why take the risk? The bikes are a lot anyway so why scrimp on a key interface with the bike you use all the time. If you can't decide between short vs long then fit adjustable length levers, I have these on one bike and they are great. I use the standard ASV levers on the MTS and these are nowhere near as long as the OEM levers and work fine, adjust well and look much better. I'd also suggest, any short lever and a Ducati clutch must be paired with a better clutch slave like an Oberon. On mine, the Oberon coupled with ASV is a solid combination that works well. Know the engineering on what the lever does as well before worrying about ABS. It is just squeezing oil into the calliper, I can't see a different lever causing ABS to stop working or we would have way more dire warnings in place. Indeed, dealers fit after market levers all day long so wouldn't do that if it was a problem. ABS is a box of tricks simply designed to override the brake if the wheel locks fundamentally. In theory, ABS should never kick in unless the wheel is not spinning at all. If it was kicking it would be taking the brakes off not applying them outside of any force on the lever. I guess this would be a sensor issue on the slotted part of the disk, always worth a quick check all is clean and no foreign bodies in the mix there.
