G650 Xcountry Front Brake Lever

Hi
On my Ducati I use two fingers on the brake but when I tried this on my recently acquired 2007 G650X the other two got in the way as the lever comes very close to the bar. I came to the conclusion, via a fluid change, careful bleeding and forum comments that this was normal!

I trawled the www for a solution and a new Brembo part number 981050 adjustable was the answer. This is used on several Moto Guzzis and Aprlilias. I found mine on Ebay for £45 by searching for 981050. I believe Guzzi use this lever but call it 314952L and Aprilia AP8133510 on the Pegaso Strada Trail and Gutsibits call it a BRA81510. Gutsibits had a cheap(er) second hand one but I suspect it had only four settings instead of five!

Cheers

Is it normal or are your hands shrek like I use two fingers to brake on my Xch

Must say the Xch has dam fine brakes for its type with a lot of feel making it very easy to play with the bight point when on the loose stuff

Not sure if any off that helps

More Baby Shrek than Big Daddy but with armoured gloves they still get in the way. On the road the lever comes in to a couple of centimeters of the bar when trying out the ABS on the Xco!

I agree about the very progressive feel but I am still learning on the loose stuff.

My bike used to do this as well, untill I bled the master cylinder.
There is a small bleed screw actually inside the front brake resivor.
I undid mine and quite a few small bubbles came out. Lever is much firmer now and I can use two fingers without trapping the other two.

Nice find on the adjustable lever

Thanks Yamfan. I only got a very small bubble out of the master cylinder and I don't think I got any out of the caliper. But I hadn't gone to the trouble of pushing the pistons back all the way so there may be more in there somewhere.

I am a little concerned about the fluid loop to the ABS assembly as when I squeeze the brake quickly I get a little squeak that could be air going through a small hole which appears to come from the junction block by the VIN plate. Maybe pushing the pistons back properly when I change the pads will flush that out.

I just thought I would mention the M/C bleed as I didn't know about it myself untill I looked through the manual after I did the job

MY bike has ABS too -- no squeeks though, perhaps the pipes into the connector block may need to be nipped up?

Something is wrong if the lever is coming back enough to trap your finges - my one does not do this.

Let us know how you get on