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well I put the 12 down again
and yes this time not my fault
well came into a corner and the front brake lever went BOOM
I went sh*t took to the inbetween tree's
oh sorry yes the front lever broke just replace like 4 weeks ago
ended up putting my bike down (well 3 meters down the side of the road)
bloody cliffs
or should i say banks
well a few drinks down now so really i feel fine
going back to kawasaki tommorow to see whats up!
ok well now beer is kicking in forgot what i was saying
ha hah aaha

ahhh u silly bugger!!

hope ur ok.... no brakes would make things difficult...

Bugger ! hope you are OK mate......whats the go with the brake lever ?? Was it a stocker ? How much damage ??

Just replaced the break lever 4 weeks ago
Put some new scratches on the cowling

I fine, well sore shoulder
even got to ride home down the freeway from moe to melbourne (wasnt up to taking the back way home)
well I'll be back on her today need to get to work
then to kawasaki brighton for another lever

Bugger!

Sorry to hear mate.

The_Brick wrote:Just replaced the break lever 4 weeks ago..

There's your problem, you got a break lever, not a brake lever

Mick C wrote:

The_Brick wrote:Just replaced the break lever 4 weeks ago..

There's your problem, you got a break lever, not a brake lever

As long as your ok mate thats the important thing, I hope everything heals, including you

WTF? That's a fucking travesty. Brake levers shouldn't break, and by that I mean they should be seriously over engineered because it's a very serious failure. Heads should roll, seriously.

Bugger!

Hope you and the bike are feeling better soon.

Went and seen mick at brighton kawasaki
He was straight on the phone to the guys who supply him
Fastest thing I've seen happen in awhile
There sending someone out to see the lever, so looks like I might be able to get them to pay to fix my bike

Oh I got my old lever out of the shed today and bashed it a lot with a hammer to straighten it
No sign of a break or weakness
Bloody doggy parts

Porosity in the casting no doubt. Still it shouldn't happen ever. Good to see you survived and I truly hope all damage is rectified by Kawasaki Australia. Its either that or legal action - and by the look of your first posts you were and obviously still are suffering post traumatic stress! $$$$

That's crap... Glad to hear your ok. Trees can do some major damaged to bike & body.... Very lucky.
Hope they come to the party and fix the beast for nothing..

gezz mate you must have a strong grip if you broke your brake lever.