Adjustable levers


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Redhot
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Motorcycle: Gl1500 K 1989

Adjustable levers

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Just a heads up on lever swap for anyone contemplating adjustable levers, which I couldn't find for the 1500. Despite large hands I found original levers a bit of a reach, bearable but not great. I have now fitted aftermarket (Chinese?) gl1800 adjustable levers to my gl1500. There is a very slight gap on brake lever trigger actuating the micro switches for the brake lights. A bit of electrical tape wrapped around trigger easily sorted this. A bit of JB weld weld to pad trigger out a mm would also do the trick. Other than that, they have been an excellent swap.


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Stew
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Re: Adjustable levers

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Good info, thank you!
Winging it every chance I get 8-)

19,119 miles when I got it from dad Oct 15, 2017 --- 28,659 miles and counting as of Sep 11, 2020!
miked19
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Re: Adjustable levers

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Do you have a link to the levers that you used?
Limpy45
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Re: Adjustable levers

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I had both a gl1800 and my current ride a 99 gl1500 at the same time for a while. So one day I decided to see if the 1800 levers would fit the 1500. Yes the clutch lever fit quite nicely. I did not try the brake side as that is a bit more time consuming to try. I would think oem levers would fit nicely without any modifications.


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