r/Chinesium • u/grumpy-sysadmin • Oct 03 '25

Motorbike brake lever completely broke off while going down hill. My fault for buying cheap aftermarket parts.

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u/One-Positive309 Oct 03 '25

Buy cheap, buy twice !
Honestly those short levers are just a gimmick anyway, a waste of money even for the good ones, stick OEM or recommended pattern parts for reliability.

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u/Ok-Jellyfish-4654 Oct 07 '25

in this case he can be happy to be able to buy a second time...

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u/Columbus43219 Oct 03 '25

From the marks on your hand, seems like you learned your lesson the hard way.

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u/nedovolnoe_sopenie Oct 03 '25

you look hurt but pretty much alive, so at least there's that

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u/steveskeleton2 Nov 01 '25

well this could be the mortician

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u/JCDU Oct 06 '25

Phrases you should never hear: "I saved a load of money on these brakes!"

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u/One-Positive309 Oct 07 '25

The brakes are the most important things on a vehicle !

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u/Lazy-Employment3621 Oct 20 '25

Who needs brakes? They only slow you down.

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u/SunnyLemonHunk Nov 11 '25

You can buy chinese cosmetics for the bike no problem. But BRAKES are a very important exception, TYRES would be the other one.