The rear brake pedal on my 2001 model M2 bends in slightly. It looks like its a cast aluminium jobby. Can they be straightened? If so, do you need gentle heat to help it along? Or is it a case of buying a new one

I would get a new one. The last thing you want is to put a crack in it that results in the pedal breaking when you want to stop. You may not rely on your back brake too much but if the pedal breaks when you are relying on it, it could be enough to induce panic.

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08 Specialized Langster

Fair enough Pash, thanks. Anyone got one to sell or have a price for a new one? There's a couple in the states on eBay but they are not exactly cheap once you add in postage and stuff.

They work very well ....I had the Motrax version of one of those on Muffin for months well until it fell off one day but then again it was only supposed to be used to get me home and not to use for about 3000 miles

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2001 X1 2009 1125CR 2006 Uly X3 2010 Uly a fully Maz'd S1 and a 1991 RS1200 Westwind.

Thanks, looks a useful bit of kit but no good for my problem...the main shaft on mine is bent....imagine the bend in the shaft nearest the toepeg being too bent..or the bend nearest the pivot not bent enough....(or a combination of the two) so that the toe piece is too far in with the end of it pointing slightly forward.....that's my brake pedal that is...

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IF IT BLEEDS WE CAN KILL IT ,THIS STUFF WILL MAKE YOU A GODDAM SEXUAL TYRANASURUS ,YOUVE BEEN PUSHING TOO MANY PENCILS DILLON .GET TO THE CHOPPER

Ok I'll stick my neck out and say I had the same. problem with mine after it toppled over on my drive and I did heat it gently with a gas blow torch all the time keeping a gentle pressure on it until it starts to move, mines ok still after 2yrs

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Straightened mine using a hydraulic press at work, gently did it

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2017 KTM 690 Duke
2001 M2
2019 Street Triple RS
2004 Monster S4R
Wilier La Triestina

Buoyed on by others successes, I have managed to straighten mine with a little gentl persuasion. It wasn't very bent so didn't need a great deal of persuading......Pash is right, a new one would be the ideal but it seems to have responded well