Rear brake lever positioning

[patrick_777]

Guys, I think you're missing an important piece of information in Sarris' picture. He's using FLOORBOARDS. With floorboards on a bike, it's perfectly acceptable to have the brake pedal sitting above your toes. It would in fact, be impossible to have it below your toes and successfully USE the floorboards for their built purpose.

If you're riding with PEGS though (like the GZ and a most other bikes) then you have a pivot point right in the middle of your foot. This is why a brake pedal on a pegged bike needs to be BELOW your toe, and why you can adjust it up and down with ease. The peg allows you to pivot your foot down onto the pedal, something you couldn't do on a floorboard. If on a pegged bike, you find yourself riding the rear brake, then adjust the pedal down to where you're not.