Which Levers?

[trepetti]

The winter is driving me MAD! I keep adding to the to do list....and pod lights...and SS lines...and new windscreen...BD42 headlight....and killernoodle's clutch mod...and..and

So now I am thinking about levers. It looks like the 2 top contenders are worlds apart. Pazzo is really expensive compared to the 2Wheels products. I typically rule out the cheap guy but I am thinking that there must be some good feedback here from real riders why have each.

So please tell me, give me the good and the bad of your experiences with yours.

Lastly, length....
I am a 2-finger braker and 4 on the clutch (maybe killernoodle's mod will open up options). So id I get long levers, I can always use 2 fingers. But if I get short levers have no options. What is the advantage of using 2 fingers on a shorty vs 2 fingers on a long lever?

Thanks

 

[philz]

I had 2Wheels levers on 3 or 4 of my previous bikes, all were perfect. I naturally bought some more when I got the FZ but within weeks the black levers faded so they got replaced. Those ones faded too so I gave up and bought silver levers. Unfortunately the black bits on those faded too so I've ended up with mixing up 3 sets of levers in order to get one full non-faded set.

Not sure why it's only happened to the FZ, maybe the coating process is different to previously or something?

 

[chucknorris]

I also have the 2wheels levers but only for a couple of months before storage so never stood the test of time yet,right now they look great and work great.There is also a thread here where another member has had trouble.

 

[Erci]

2wheel levers:

Good: They work perfectly and are dirt-cheap compared to AVS/CRG.

Bad: The anodizing will fade much faster than on expensive sets.

As for long vs short.. you can easily use 2 fingers on long levers. I have the long set on FZ1 and I've never used more than 2 fingers on the brake on that bike. I use 4 fingers on clutch side because the friction zone on FZ1 is VERY long and requires a lot of lever movement (it has to be pulled nearly all the way to the bar to fully disengage the clutch and the clutch is fully engaged about 3/4 of the way out from the bar).

On FZ6, I used to use shorties. Perfect with short friction zone, but was painful in traffic.