looking to bend either my brembo or magura like krazykyle hb, master looks it will hold my finger in better and really comfy any ideas on how to do this with out brakeing it ?

 

Take your time and use a torch.

 

i was told not to use a torch becuz it will make the metal to brittal?

 

its going to be like that regardless of how you try to bend it......your putting so much stress on the lever that its gunna be brittle

 

I think you would be way better off trying to bend it by heating it up, or it's going to break for sure.

 

just sell urs and get a folding lever

 

do you have a pic of what you want it to look like

 

look at his hb lever

 

just wreck a few times

 

heating aluminum with a torch it a tricky thing to do cause it doesnt turn red like steel , by the time you see the aluminum change it's usually too late and you have melted it ..

i have straightened a few levers cold in a vice with some luck but if you go too far they usually snap , i find the trick is to do it in one steady motion , if you stop and start again thats when they seem to break..

the ones i did were no where near as much as the one in the picture you posted , i didnt like the stock bend so i straightened it

 

I use a hot air gun)paint stripper) Leave it set heating for 15 mins and bend in a vice

 

like this..........?

 

bending levers is easy, dont be afraid to do it. ive done tons. ill post pics of my front levers when i get home. i cut them short then put a 90 bend to make a nub at the end. ive also straightened tons of hb levers. best way to do it is clamp the body of the lever in a vice, slide a small pipe over the lever to about a half inch away from where u want it to bend. pull on the pipe but not hard enuff to bend it. keep that pressure steady then heat it with a hot torch. i use acetlyne, sp? the lever will start to move within 20 seconds or so, bam ur done. that way u dont melt it by over heating. just keep steady pressure and wait for it to move...

 

thats is nice! with my magura i don't get the adjustment i do with my brembo, so i cant adjust the lever back torwards my bars more like my brembo , so i need to bend it back alittle(its to far from the bars for my likeing) then curl it up

 

heat will make aluminum brittle. either do what omr said and use even pressure or if its off the bike you can use a hammer and do sharp blows.

 

Is that purposely bent or bent from a wreck? Mine looks like that after a good wreck

 

one of my first lot sesions after that bike was set up, i dropped it pretty hard. bike and parts were pretty much brand new. i was pissed at first but then kinda liked the curved HB lever. i did loose a little leverage, so it has its draw backs and benifits. its saved my finger from slipping off a few times.

and as far as adjustment.... it didnt really seem to bing in the lever any closer just bent it at the end into a curl.


yeah, check out my post above ^^^^ mine in the pic above was from a wreck. not sure if KK's is or not, but my guess would a drop

 

+1
I would have never thought people were bending them purposely.

 

umm pretty sure what i said is better.. just my
ive broken levers and cracked f4i wheels fixin em without heat. Works great with heat. But hey im only speakin from experience, im sure u READ your info somewhere.. lol