The Easiest Honda CB500 Brake Lever Change

Replacing a bent or broken front brake lever is one of the easier jobs you can do on your Honda CB500, whether you have a CB500X, CB500F, or CBR500R. It only takes a minute or two and you don’t even need a lot of tools to do it!

The easiest way to replace a Honda CB500F, CB500X, or CBR500R brake lever is by getting the original Honda replacement part, removing the one bolt that comes with the part, removing the one bolt on your original brake lever, and then swapping out the damaged lever with the new one.

All you’ll need is a screw driver and a wrench. Check out the video below to see how it’s done:

So you had an accident on your Honda CB500F, CBR500R, or CB500X and you’ve damaged your brake lever – or maybe you’re blaming it on the “previous owner” – and now it’s time to replace the brake lever. What’s the easiest, laziest way you can do this yourself, and avoid having to spend money getting a motorcycle shop or a Honda dealer to do the work? I’ll show you.

You have some options.

You could get an aftermarket set of levers, but that would mean replacing both levers, and is a bunch of work.

You could also take the traditional route of replacing the original lever with the Honda OEM part, loosening up some bolts to pivot the lever down, to swap it out entirely.

OR, if you want to be really lazy, and make things really simple, do what I did:

Order up the Honda OEM part. Call up your local Honda dealer and tell them you need Part Number: 53170MJWJ01.

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Take the replacement Honda CB500 brake lever, unscrew the one bolt it comes with. You may need a wrench and a flathead screwdriver for this.

Undo the same bolt on the damaged brake lever that you’re replacing.

Pay special attention to the spring when you remove the damaged brake lever. Line up the spring with the circular dimple in the new brake lever.

Squeeze everything together tightly so that it lines up perfect, than drop your bolt back in and tighten it into the bolt.

If the bolt does not fall in, your bolt is not aligned properly, reposition the lever, squeeze it tightly, and try again.