Reshaping Clutch Lever & Taking Out Chain Links

[brianmcewan.co.uk]

Ok, so the wind blew my bike over yesterday leaving me with a nice bent (forwards) clutch lever. I haven't tried to pull it back in place yet as I'm not sure how to go about it without snapping it. It's on an 06 RS125, just my luck as I am selling it tomorrow. Help would be appreciated folks.

P.S. How easy is it to take a link out of a chain? I have a link extractor. If the chain is too tight can the link be put back into the chain again?

Thanks
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Kawasaki Z1000 '05
Honda Fireblade 954 '03

[Blau Zedong]

The clutch lever will likely break if you try and bend it back. If you can't get another one then leave well alone. If you need to shorten your chain err on the side of caution and take out a link at a time, then rejoin it. Putting a link back in is not straightforward.
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[feef]

If your chain has stretched so much that you need to take a link out, then I'd replace the chain!

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[stinkwheel]

I'll be brief because I have to go work in a minute.

Bending levers:
Put it in a vice.
Rub it all over with a bar of soap.
Apply heat with a blowlamp to the area you want to bend.
The soap burns off leaving soot. When the soot glows red, the alloy is just about to melt.
Slide a bar over the end of the lever and REALLY slowly bend it to where you want it while still applying heat (the alloy should be almost putty soft).
Don't be too fussy, bend it once to roughly where you want it and leave it at that.

Slowly back off the heat.
When cool, heat it up again and slowly cool.
Repeat.

Now refit it and try really hard to break it, you want to find out now.

It might break anyway.

[joe black]

spread some soap on lever,heat it up when soap turns black you can apply pressure and bend it back.it will work .

[brianmcewan.co.uk]

Thanks very much, especially Stinkwheel for that walkthrough

Was all set up until I found out the bloody blowtorch was playing up wasn't going to full power. Stood for about 15 minutes heating the lever and the soap didn't even go black Ended up throwing the head up and bought a new lever at £15. Lovely, worth the lack of hassle
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Kawasaki Z1000 '05
Honda Fireblade 954 '03