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Old 02-02-2012, 08:56 AM   #1
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Ive found when im riding hard up on the tank my rear brake pedal seems a bit high.
Ive adjusted it to its lowest position to no avail.
Found the motorwerk piece on thier website.
Billet aluminum rather than stamped steel with a larger adj. range.
Will post install and finished pics as soo as i recive it in the next couple of days.Looks like a quality piece and only $9.
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Old 02-02-2012, 10:10 AM   #2
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Very interested. I have the same issue with mine. There's very little adjustment in it. Quite annoying. Even the gear lever I had to rotate on the spline to get it low enough. my brother has the same issues with his Ninja 1000.
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Old 02-02-2012, 11:48 AM   #3
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Me too. I'd like to drop mine down a taste more then the stock height.
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I'm guessing this is the one -

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Ive found when im riding hard up on the tank my rear brake pedal seems a bit high.
Ive adjusted it to its lowest position to no avail.
Found the motorwerk piece on thier website.
Billet aluminum rather than stamped steel with a larger adj. range.
Will post install and finished pics as soo as i recive it in the next couple of days.Looks like a quality piece and only $9.
My if you are riding hard you do not need or use back brakes ONLY front brakes required
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Yes Jsharp thats it.
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My if you are riding hard you do not need or use back brakes ONLY front brakes required
I use my rear quite often in the twisty stuff to compress my suspension before turn in and on the way out of corners to curb wheelies.
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Couldnt have stated it better.
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I use my rear quite often in the twisty stuff to compress my suspension before turn in and on the way out of corners to curb wheelies.
Must be a new technique? Because when braking hard the back end is light don't under stand how that would work. At the gap I have seen some remove there back brakes just so they don't get in a habit of useing them. Maybe your riding hard and mine is too different things.
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I don't use it much under hard braking, but then I do that mostly in a straight line and a little bit of trail braking when I tip in from the front. I'm usually back on the power pretty early in the corner so I use the rear brake the compress the rear to balance the bike in the transition between tip in and throttle. I just find it's a bit smoother and I feel much more balanced on throttle than I do at neutral throttle mid corner.

That's just me though and I'm no pro. Most of my riding technique is derived from Twist of the Wrist by Keith Code. But like I said, I'm no racer, nor do I really push the bike's limits on the road.
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