I recently bought a 2013 Bonneville SE for my wife. It was dropped on both sides by the previous owner and I need to replace a few front end parts including: handle bars, both levers, front break reservoir, headlight bucket and turn signal. I have a few questions. Front brake reservoir- I saw some cheap front break lever/master cylinder/reservoir assemblies on Ebay. Are they OK to use as replacements? They will take care of the lever and reservoir problems and streamline the look on the bars. (I hate those white plastic reservoir) https://www.ebay.com/itm/Universal-...ke-Master-Cylinder-Clutch-Lever/383565206765? Headlight bucket- if I drop from a 7" to a 5 3/4" head light assembly will I need to change the headlight bracket? In full disclosure I'm secretly building my wife's bike into a retro street tracker
Howdy Peter, and welcome in My only observation is that these are chinese knockoffs and the quality may not be all that, personally I would avoid but it is that, a personal preference
I would also agree. You can risk cheap Chinese levers, (I have with no problem on the Bonneville and Tiger) but with something like brakes, no way. I replaced my white plastic sample cup with a Triumph CNC machined one. World of Triumph had a sale on and I think it was actually one from the Daytona. Had to fabricate a bracket but it's a big improvement.
You will need to make sure that the master cylinder to brake caliper ratio is correct IE the size of the piston in the master cylinder in the case of the ebay ones its says 14mm and dia and number of pistons in the std calipers or you could end up with either too vicious or bad/wooden feeling brakes.
