no more losing brake lever in races???

[MELK-MAN]

Ed Bargy has come up with this little doo-dad, what do ya think. I would like to see it curve around a bit more so it could not hook the leathers or something if i came in too hot on a rider, but it looks like it could keep a lever from getting snapped off or with some refinement keep a front brake lever from being applied and throwing you over the bars by contact with another rider..
Check it out. It will rotate around with pressure...
He will be selling em for $30-$40

[Eric Kelcher]

I would think Bark Busters from a dirtbike would be more useful as you can't hook them like that ram horn.

[MELK-MAN]

I agree.. are the bark busters CCS approved??

[speedster_1]

Yeah. I agree. Would those even pass tech?

[MELK-MAN]

Yeah. I agree. Would those even pass tech?

Ed Bargy says it was WERA approved, it will rotate if some decent presser is applied in a direction that could rotate it..

[Chris_s]

looks kinda dangerous to me.  also dosnt look like it would work.   ???

[Zac]

My CR has Acerbis rally guards (like a Bark Buster aluminum guard with nylon overmolded).  CCS tech has never given a second thought to them, and I have never broken a lever or my bling-bling Brembo radial pump, though not without trying.

Also keeps hands warmer when it's really cold.

-z.

[cb186]

 first thing i think of when i see it, is that if you really messed up a corner and ran into another rider that thing could end up firmly planted in their kidney. second thought is that it would just rotate out of the way in a crash once it hit the ground. there's not nearly enough strength there to support the weight of a bike landing on it's side. think of it this way. if that piece of plastic was that strong, why not just make the lever out of the same material.
 i would think barkbusters work well. most of the AMA motard guys use them.

[Jeff]

Levers are cheap.  Hands aren't.  Barkbusters bend and turn, and can easily break fingers or a hand.

I like the concept because the only time I've broken a lever in a race was getting hit from behind and my clutch lever broke off when he passed, but a properly drilled lever would have snapped at the drill point.

I'll pass, but that's just my opinion...

[WebCrush]

anyone not able to see the pics?

[tug296]

I can't see the pic, sounds like some kind of modified bark buster.
I have seen an aluminum bark buster bent in to the handlebar on a dirt bike, fingers were a mess.
Impact with a tree at 40 mph.

[tshowrench]

A few years back Fogarty ran a set of CF hand guards that looked like the Acerbis hand guards for your dirt bike, to prevent just such a thing...

We installed them on Steve Rapp's Duc for the Pikes peak round of the AMA, and sure enough, they worked great...

Im not sure that that wouldnt impale you in the event of impact...