I have been fiddling around with the foot controls. got the kick-starter painted with a new detent spring and ball, shifter and rear brake arm are drilled and painted. The stock brake lever was bent pretty badly from where the PO layed it down, so I bent it back with fire. I still want it a little closer to the motor but its much better.
The brake linkage is getting fouled by the new swing arm, so I am going to cut the tab on the brake lever where the linkage connects and move it out some. The problem this creates is that the brake pedal linkage mount is now no longer planar to the rear brake drum arm, and has to be bent into a dogleg to clear the swingarm. I mashed on the pedal pretty hard and it didn't seem to bend the dogleg linkage back hardly at all, but it still makes me wonder if its good. I'm thinking about making a new linkage rod out of chromoly and doglegging it. Thoughts?