t140v
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Post by t140v on Nov 24, 2011 15:05:23 GMT -5
Hi all Reproduction front brake light switch on ebay,
Item number: 400231155977 seems a reasonable price, mine has just dropped to pieces while I have been bleeding the front master cylinder.
Regards Stuart.
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Post by mike500 on Nov 24, 2011 19:21:05 GMT -5
part is same as gt750 plenty about
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Post by t140v on Nov 26, 2011 19:18:32 GMT -5
True Mike, but prices of NOS parts have rocketed, & you dont know how long repro partrs are going to be around for. I only needed the copper slide and plastic case to sort the front brakes but these are unobtainable from Suzuki so just sharing the knowledge, if you know somewhere else to buy unobtainable parts then please share with the rest of us.
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Post by Jess on Nov 26, 2011 20:09:06 GMT -5
if you know somewhere else to buy unobtainable parts then please share with the rest of us
Ummm... Rotary Recycle??? ;D
Best Regards,
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Post by ziggystardust on Nov 27, 2011 4:33:04 GMT -5
Who?
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Post by mike500 on Nov 27, 2011 19:09:48 GMT -5
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Post by t140v on Jan 7, 2012 19:26:05 GMT -5
Thanks mike, it cost me an extra £120 to get my carb back after a refurb at RR, the dreaded HMRC wanted their share,
Stuart.
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Post by HGH 770N on Jan 14, 2012 16:20:37 GMT -5
My 1974 Re5 has never had a front break swtich, Was this introduced for other countries or just at alater dated modles?
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Post by parny on Feb 18, 2020 4:49:16 GMT -5
My 1974 Re5 has never had a front break swtich, Was this introduced for other countries or just at alater dated modles? Im wondering exactly the same, i have a march 1975 uk registered bike and wondered if it should have a front brake light switch, does anybody know ?
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Post by HGH 770N on Feb 18, 2020 5:24:15 GMT -5
My 1974 UK RE5 has never had a front brake light. They are a standard item,readily available about £12. The option is there to fit one and wire socket in headlight. I recall when MOT ing in the 1980’s . If light switch was fitted it must work, owners used to remove them instead of buying new one when they seized or corroded up.
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Post by wayne on Feb 18, 2020 11:25:17 GMT -5
The Australian delivered 1975 M model did not have a front brake light switch. The owner's manual confirms this is the case but says something like "overseas model only".
Personally don't like the Suzuki one. Can be bought and fitted, but fiddly, imprecise and prone to sticking on which renders the brake light useless. Safer without if I remember to always use foot brake simultaneously.
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Post by pmcburney on Feb 18, 2020 18:53:12 GMT -5
Best replacement option for the dreaded Suzuki FBLS (it's common across many models from the '70's into the '90's and is prone to corrosion, wear and failure) is a pressure switch banjo bolt. They are readily available and inexpensive, on eBay and the like, and while they aren't 'strictly' OEM they are vastly easier to fit, adjust (none necessary!) and much more reliable. IIWM, I'd grab one of these and forget all about the dire Suzuki 'arrangement'. Why Suzuki didn't adopt the same solution as Kawasaki, i.e. a simple pressure switch attached to the brake line splitter, is beyond me.
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Post by wayne on Feb 18, 2020 18:58:32 GMT -5
My 1974 Re5 has never had a front break swtich, Was this introduced for other countries or just at alater dated modles? Im wondering exactly the same, i have a march 1975 uk registered bike and wondered if it should have a front brake light switch, does anybody know ? Okay, here we have it. According to my owner's manual for an Australian delivered 1975 M, only USA and Canada had the front brake light switch. No others.
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Post by wayne on Feb 18, 2020 19:02:21 GMT -5
Best replacement option for the dreaded Suzuki FBLS They are readily available and inexpensive, on eBay and the like, and while they aren't 'strictly' OEM they are vastly easier to fit, adjust (none necessary!) and much more reliable. IIWM, I'd grab one of those and forget all about the dire Suzuki 'solution'. Why Suzuki didn't adopt the same solution as Kawasaki, i.e. a simple pressure switch attached to the brake line splitter, is beyond me. Agreed, I was going to mention the clean, simple and 100% reliable hydraulic pressure switch in the '75 GL1000 I had.
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Post by t140v on Feb 19, 2020 16:53:52 GMT -5
Best replacement option for the dreaded Suzuki FBLS (it's common across many models from the '70's into the '90's and is prone to corrosion, wear and failure) is a pressure switch banjo bolt. They are readily available and inexpensive, on eBay and the like, and while they aren't 'strictly' OEM they are vastly easier to fit, adjust (none necessary!) and much more reliable. IIWM, I'd grab one of these and forget all about the dire Suzuki 'arrangement'. Why Suzuki didn't adopt the same solution as Kawasaki, i.e. a simple pressure switch attached to the brake line splitter, is beyond me. Cheers for this, have allready fitted a kawasaki pressure switch to my Bonneville 750 been on 2 years and works better than anything previously fitted so going to upgrade the RE5, running about without an MOT certificate I dont want the police to have any excuses to give me a fine for a dodgy brake switch when the solution is less than £10.00. Regards Stuart.
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