Different Handlebar Levers

[montmil]

Do any of you guys occasionally simply stand there in the garage and look at your scooter? Some sorta Zen thing going on?

OK. Today I'm just "coasting" with a cold adult beverage, looking at the partially disassembled R65 and contemplating a three-day Beemer work weekend when, What the...?

My front brake lever has a nice, smooth curve shape ending in the traditional ball. My clutch lever has a sorta hard "jog" in the lever just past the pivot bolt that places the major portion of the lever closer to the grip. Huh?

Looked up parts on the A&S fiche and the parts diagrams do look different - left lever vs right lever.

Is this correct? I can argue the point with myself both ways but one of me always loses.  :-/

[Bob_Roller]

Mine are the same as you describe.

[montmil]

Mine are the same as you describe.

Makes sense in a strange Bavarian sort of way. Could be a neat bit of BMW minutia to dazzle the rice bike set. Thanks, Bob. You saved me trying to buy the "wrong" clutch and/or brake lever.   Monte  

[Justin B.]

I had never noticed that before.  On the '80 r65 and '81 R100 they are pretty much "straight after the angle while the '84 r65 and '95 R100 are curved.

Me thinks Monte has too much time on his hands and needs to come over here and start rebuilding this LS for me!  

[drewboid]

There are aftermarket "sport" levers that are shorter, have no ball,  and place the lever closer to the grip. I picked up a pair of them when my girlfriend was complaining about the long reach to the levers for her small hands. Right now we have a mismatched set on the bike - the original lever for the brake (longer for better leverage) and the sport lever for the clutch (closer to the grip).  YMMV
Unless you are doing a concourse restoration don't worry about it.

[montmil]

Unless you are doing a concourse restoration don't worry about it.

Concourse? We don' need no stinkin' concourse. Don't them kinda folks hang out near Pebble Beach CA? Or maybe it's Harry Hines Blvd in Dallas. I forget.  Justin knows what I'm talking about  

I'm keeping the "mismatch" levers as they are. Now I just need a girl with small hands