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[ZX10R-RACER]

anyone use a thumb brake? if so anything good/bad about them?

[HammyUK]

Love em, but fookin expensive.

[ZX10R-RACER]

you got one hammy?

[HammyUK]

Did have till it broke. Think there might be a "new" one under the xmas treee

[ZX10R-RACER]

thats why im asking just sent my letter to santa, hopefully i`v been a good boy and he`ll bring me some goodies .

[magic1]

Works the rear brake only, doesn,t it.?

[ZX10R-RACER]

yep thats it, i use the rear a lot so thought it might help a wee bit.

got the idea today as my mate has had his leg chopped of due to bad diabetes and needs his bike modded,
i know its a popular thing in bsb/wsb 

[magic1]

I,m not shure but didn,t Doohan pioneer it after smashing his legs.? I know for a fact he used one.

[HammyUK]

Depends where you buy it. Go to Demon or Performance Parts, etc and you'll need a bank loan. But there are a lot of places that mod bikes for disabilities and they are cheaper. Theres not much to them and could be made up really easily as its only a back brake cylinder with a clamp, etc. htre is a radial one around and you can get a version that keeps the rear brake pedal as well using a valve.
Would be worth buying one and theres a guy I ue for engineering down here that could copy one if there was enough interest. The cost would be high for 1 but a lot lot less if there were say 10 copies??

[horse]

The only reason Hammy is running a thumb brake is Bercause his legs are so short he can not reach normal Rear brake lever 

[ZX10R-RACER]

i could make a clamp easy enough and the hose would`nt be a problem but i dont know where i could get a small master cylinder. 

[HammyUK]

Its a standard rear Brembo 12mm