Modern Vespa

As discussed here:

https://modernvespa.com/forum/topic49130?highlight=dogleg

I just installed my oopsclunkthud "dogleg" brake levers. I placed the order last Wednesday they shipped that Thursday(9th), and I got them this Monday(13th) and installed them the same day.

I Like them.

First off: they look cool.

Second: Definitely easier to reach with my short fingers. I like to cover the breaks when riding in traffic, so they make a big difference in that respect to. Seems to make the brakes more responsive. Must be a change in leverage. No pun intended.

I also like the "beveled" edges over the rounded stock ones. The beveled edges give me a much better grip on the lever, than the smooth rounded stock levers.

They were super easy to install, after wrestling the headset plastic off (which I was planning to take off anyway to install my Jettin headlight visor)

The levers themselves only required a screwdriver and a wrench. (Be careful not to lose to the two washers that are on either side of the stock levers. You'll need those with the doglegs.)

The only improvement I would make, would be to include a free decal in the package.


Very nice product. Well done Patrick.

Great review! Those look good, too... Maybe Patrick will offer a set for the LX?

they look good

i'm first in line for black ones 8)

Look great mate had a set of these on my 84 pk 125s automatica and they made big diff to braking with my chipolata size fingers lol Top marks again cheers bill

Dear Santa,


Please Make these Dog Levers for the ET!


Thankyou!
Richard

Nice, that would make a swell advertisement for those dog legs. 8)

Patrick had them on display at AmeriVespa and they were beautiful. Solid, smooth and hand-machined (an oxymoron I guess but ya know what I mean).

It's nice to have a report from an actual user now; thanks for the post.

Beauty eh(Canadian accent)

Thanks for the post.

Mine are on the way to Oz - I hope

Thanks for the information and pictures. I just ordered a set for my scoot. I also ordered a Jettin short headlight shade. I hope that will eliminate the glare on my windshield at night.

Look slick!

Perfect Canadian accent Manny, written perfectly

In the works...along with the lx/et levers...

So powdercoat or anodize?

Decisions decisions.....

R

8)

I will buy 2 sets for the LX if they become available.

My Vote: Powder Coat.

Anodization (is that a word?) will wear off after awhile. Back in my BMX days They used to anodize a lot of bike parts, and the color would wear off quickly. Especially on the brake levers and crank shafts.

Any chance he might make a set of P series? Disk and non disk would be good, black powder coated would be fan fukin tastic.

I know a load of people over hear who would be interested in those little beauties, oh yes indeed.

this is good news!

P series disk is in line after the LX but that's getting a bit ahead of ourselves.

Put me down for a pair for LX-150. Thay look great.

Paul

Hey Astromag those look cool, I like the hole for the flag pole sign that can be added, show us what it look like with the flags in the holes or with the signs telling us how to use the brakes. Or maybe port and starboard colour coded beacons.

I'm not that patriotic or nautical.
I was thinking maybe I would keep my heroin syringes in there.

Just placed my order for the levers!

Let us know what you think. I believe you will like them.

wow, so many uses that I didn't even consider. I was just planning on attaching my streamers there ;)

Sure will, but my Super needs to arrive in Canada too for me to install them because they'll be going on the new scooter not my current one.

Well done that man, so many people over here would buy them if the price be right.

Any idea if they would fit the Aprilia sportcity 250?

I'll try and take a look at a Sportcity this weekend and confirm. Looking at pictures and parts books I think they will "fit" as in function correctly at the master cylinder, but the ergonomics may be off.

now that I try and compare pix of the GTS stock levers to mine (sportcity). I think mine are already more of a "dogleg" than the GTS ones (but I would love to have a little less reach).

Lever-end mirrors?

astromags, great review! May I repost?

oopsclunkthud, if they should fit the MP3 500, would you make them available in black?

Also, would you please consider selling the "oopsclunkthud helmet vinyl" (circa Cannonball 2008)?

Of course, my friend.

So are you on 3 wheels again?

Thanks, man! I would like to put a set of those on my three-wheeler, too.

*When a Vespa dealer staff said he would call you Tuesday and it's Friday already, and when you call him and his first word is "Ah...", that usually means the scooter is not ready yet. So when he assures me with a "But, I will call you next Monday, probably about noon", surely he means that (after a 5-week wait) it would finally be ready, right? I hope so.