Originally Posted by
Kommisar89
So what makes them "long reach"? Was there a "short reach"?
I believe the angle of the lever arm itself is designed to stick out a bit farther then usual, in addition to a slight variance in the sharpness of the lever's curved pattern. Here's a photo of an NOS, standard-reach SR lever:
Note that the front of the lever body and the lever itself are parallel on this example, while the same comparison on the eBay examples show that the levers sit about 5 degrees sharper then the lever body.
-Kurt