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Old 04-18-2015, 02:10 PM
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Hi All,
Looking for some suggestions. Just did a Stage One on my 14 Deluxe. Put on VHBSS and SE high flow Billet ( choose this because I liked how it looked)and Dyno.
Bike sounds great and performs great but in my infinite wisdom and didn't realize how far our the high flow sticks out making it uncomfortable and hard to reach brake. I should have listened to the tech and got the base hi-flow.
Is there a fix to move the brake pad out about an inch as well as the right board?
thanks in advance for your help.
 
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Moving the boards out, not quite an inch but close, was one of the best mods I made.

http://www.vtwingoodies.com/

The brake is a bit harder, since it is frame mounted. You could look for a larger pedal pad though. Even after moving the boards out, I didn't feel like I needed the brake out further though.
 
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Do a search on this subject. I saw a post that some guy slowly bent his brake lever to do what you are asking. Looked fine to me. I also am thinking about the vtwin goodies move, but sorta worried about reaching the jiffystand to retract it?
 
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I put 1" spacers and the correspondingly longer bolts on my Road Glide in order to accommodate my Patriot Defender exhaust. The oversize pedal on my brake is still quite reachable.
 
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Thanks for the reply - I am going to order the extenders from vtwingoodies. If that doesn't help I may change to the ventilator style air. My leg is just not comfortable with the air filter pressed against it and having to turn my foot to brake.
Are there any larger brake pedal out there, that might also help.
 
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Originally Posted by the feff
Thanks for the reply - I am going to order the extenders from vtwingoodies. If that doesn't help I may change to the ventilator style air. My leg is just not comfortable with the air filter pressed against it and having to turn my foot to brake.
Are there any larger brake pedal out there, that might also help.


Here's one.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kuryakyn-445...8feda0&vxp=mtr
 
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