How to Adjust the Rear Brake Lever on a Motorcycle 

Haha well I'm glad it helped! That's sounds like it was a frustrating experience for sure!

I only watched half the video till I saw this comment and thought "Brake signal adjustment..?" Thanks to your comment and the video for saving me from what could have been a dangerous situation!

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Thanks for the awesome comment! Happy to help!

Awesome, thanks for the feedback! Ride safe!

Thanks man, good luck! I imagine they should be pretty similar.

Awesome! I'm so glad you found it helpful.

Great! I'm glad it clarified things for you!

Ah thanks man! I'm happy to help.

fed up Thank you for your comment. I'm glad it was helpful.

Thank you! Happy to help.

It sounds like something's different. This should only change the shape of the mechanism below the piston, and shouldn't change how it engages the piston.

Mads E Happy to help!

MrSkyinformationen Thank you! Happy riding!

Also, I had to adjust the brake light spring out, it was too tight and the bright brake light was activated all the time.

Randi Ruge thanks!

It should be the same principle, yes.

The brake itself shouldn't be any weaker, since you're only adjusting the position of the lever. You haven't done anything to the braking system. It's possible that you just have a little less leverage in its new position.

@@TheDesignerDan thanks for the explanation. i think my issue is i need to press more than before since it is lowered. i just need to get used to my new setting. thank you.

@@alpendz8105 yup, that has happened to me when adjusting the position of the brake peg. You soon get used to it.

I went more by the pressure exerted on the brake. You can feel about at which point the brake would start to slow down the bike, so I calibrated the light to come on then.

Wow, that sounds like a problem. I'd say, definitely get that locking nut to behave so the spring doesn't creep while you're riding. You don't want that brake to start engaging or disengaging by itself.

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Yes, this is the way to adjust the position of the lever itself. It doesn't adjust the performance or the sensitivity of the brake though.

@@TheDesignerDan bro one doubt what happens if loosen the below nut and not adjust the above bolt what happens any problem

Possibly yes. It could start to move by itself over time if you don't keep that bottom nut locked in place.

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Thanks for your comment! Yes, I have been thinking of doing one of those as well... I think I will.

Thanks for your comment. That certainly hasn't happened. I'm not sure how your foot would inadvertently slip onto the brake, and if it did, it would only be covering it, not depressing it. There has been no danger of accidentally braking when I'm not trying to.

Basically, my thinking is that if I have to emergency brake, I want to get there as quickly as possible. Some people only use their rear brake occasionally, while I use mine every time I brake. It'll all come down to your preference, riding style and the muscle memory you've built.

That's a fair question. That bolt connects to the hydraulic piston directly above it that activates the brake. The only other thing connected to the lever is the spring for the switch. By shortening that bolt, only the lever itself has moved. The piston isn't being pushed on by anything else until you press the lever down.

Hi Migsy boy. Thank you for your comment. For context, are you also adjusting this on a 2017 Honda NC? On my bike, the top nut is actually fixed to the threaded bolt, so when I turn my top nut downwards, the whole bolt is screwing itself downwards (shorter) into the rear of the brake lever. (So basically here, the bottom nut locks, while the top one adjusts). It sounds like maybe the nuts on your lever are both lock nuts, since the top one is able to come down the threaded bolt all the way to the bottom nut. In that case, there must be an additional way to turn the threaded bolt one way or the other to adjust the height of the brake - perhaps a screwdriver slot or an additional hex head somewhere on that same bolt. Just make sure that once you've managed to get that threaded bolt to turn and adjust your lever, that you turn the two nuts back tightly into their original position to tightly lock everything back in place. Please let me know if that helps.

Hi! Thanks for your quick answer. Yes, I have the NC 750x DCT. I think our might be right and both nuts must be 'lock nuts', because as I said, I can bring the top nut all the way down and the pedal doesn't move down at all. I'll investigate to see if there's any other way to move the pedal. I am just worried that I might touch the wrong thing and I screw something up! Cheers

Would you mind telling me what your exact model is? Just called Honda and they say that in my model you cannot change the rear pedal position, but it seems weird that your model can and my model can't. Thanks!

Sure thing. Mine is the 2017 NC750XA - the manual (not DCT). I also have no idea why you wouldn't be able to adjust the height on your bike. It's a pretty standard thing. I did find an old NC700 forum, where someone mentioned loosening both nuts and then turning the shaft: "Both need to be loose. Some folks find it easier to actually loosen both nuts and then turn the shaft itself. The pedal will move in very small increments. And when you get it where you want it, you can hold off tightening everything down until you check your brake-light sensor." (The rest of the guys describe it the way mine works, with one lock nut to be loosened and the other hex turning the push rod.) Perhaps that's what's going on with your bike, although it's hard for me to say without seeing it in person. I'm sure it has to be be possible though. Here's that forum: www.nc700-forum.com/forum/nc700-mods/7296-brake-pedal-lever-adjustment.html And another one with diagrams: www.nc700.co.uk/index.php?/topic/10171-nc700x-rear-brake-pedal-lever/

tpcs Thanks for the heads up! I did have a bit of a mismatch in the editing software. I guess I didn't catch it all.