On a TT500, if you have a foot brake for the rear, what side should the front brake lever go on the handlebar? Normally the front brake would be on the right side (throttle side), but since the original brake lever for a TT500 had an embosment for the mirror, which you would want on the left side, it seems it would be on the left side. Please let me know your thoughts..
I believe the front brake would be on the right side with the foot brake. I believe the TT500 came from the factory with front and rear hand brakes and the foot brake was an option, and the foot brake replaced the hand brake,sometime during the model year as a normal production item. I have some new right hand brake levers with the R cast into the mirror boss and the correct 8mm threads, and Made in Japan underneath. I'm not sure if they are NOS or a very early repop.
The original advertisement appears to show the left hand brake lever actuating the front brake and the right hand brake lever actuating the rear brake. This is how my survivor bike was set up as well. So if you install a foot brake, I believe it would be the right hand brake lever by the throttle that you would remove.
You are right about the ad. I got my black lines crossed up. However, things in the ad never made production, like the rounded fenders and the goofy clutch guard. So I can't say that is 100% correct either. 2 other survivors like mine had it set up like mine did, so I went with that. Maybe it depended who actually set the bikes up at the dealership?
