1975 r/6 bike fell over broke a few things

[Major Softie]

A number of years ago my /7's rear brake pedal had a similar bit of slop in it. With not having a dealer or www handy at the time, I fashioned the unusually sized washer out of a coffee can plastic lid. Maybe I made two to take up the slack a bit better. It now allowed proper contact with the brake switch.
Years later, it still works fine.

Now all he has to do is find coffee still sold in a can....

[Rob Frankham]

AFAIK, all /6 machines have a bush for the rear brake lever. It may be seized in the frame bracket but it should be there. The bush should be slightly longer than the frame bracket so that it bolts up solid to the lever. The bush moves in the frame braket, not the bolt in the bush. The bolt should have a grease nipple (Zerk fitting?) in the hex end so you can grease the bush.

Rob

Time for humble pie... again. My memory has been playing tricks. The /6 does not have a bush. This was introduced around 1980. Apologies if I've misled anyone.

Rob

[ME 109]

]Time for humble pie... again. My memory has been playing tricks. The /6 does not have a bush. This was introduced around 1980. Apologies if I've misled anyone.

Rob

Please mail some of that pie to me Rob. About half should do it.

[Sunbeem]

Probably irrelevant, as my bike is a 78 RS, but when I got it, the brake lever was very loose, it pivoted through a small length of tube, which had stretched, due to the meagre thickness of its wall.
I removed the tube, and replaced it with a more substantial piece, it was just not up to the job considering the forces it has to deal with.
So if you have a similar set-up, you may want to do this modification too ...

Sunbeem.