Bleeding brakes?

Or in my case, WHAT FUCKING BRAKES?

I was out for a Lozzo style bimble[1] around the local countryside this
afternoon. About an hour into the ride I noticed I needed a little more
lever pressure to make the brakes effective, a little while later I
noticed that I couldn't give any more lever pressure, because the brake
lever was coming all the way back to the handlebars every time I used
them.

So, tomorrow's job is to pull the brakes apart and free off whatever
sticky pistons there are and prepare the calipers for a new set of fluid
seals.

So much for a nice weekend's riding around on the bike :-(

[1] 'On it' would be a good way to describe today's riding style.

 

mups says...

You need fucking up the arse with a pineapple.

 

You weren't on the 4011 per chance? Not really local to you though I
suppose.

 

Kiran says...

No, I was out Hertfordshire way.

 

Lozzo says...

You need some nice EBC HH pads you do.

 

I spray a drop of PJ1 blue chain lube down the side of the slave cylinders.
It works a treat at keeping everything working for years.


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eric the brave says...

I use copper grease, but this year it hasn't worked.

 

I buy Hondas. It's worked this year like all others.

 

My Honda rear brake seized up this year, but my Suzuki didn't for a change.

 

I wasn't counting the rod operated brakes.

 

Fair enough that FRN devices don't count, as they're not really brakes.

 

'If only everything in life was as reliable'

 

Bear says...

 

Is that physically possible?

 

Bear says...

 

I bet he wasn't expecting that.

 

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Lozzo

Curiously, this came up in my newsreader immediately after the question
regarding whether being fucked up the arse with a pineapple was even
possible.

Made me boggle for a second, it did.

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Bear says...

I agree with him, they are good on gixer thous, but maybe they're using
a different master cylinder or something cos I think they are shit on my
bike. I've even got CL pads in there, and they have no bite whatsoever
now.

I prefered the brakes on my Thunderace, they were fucking excellent. I
could do rolling stoppies from 70mph without realising I was doing them.
I wasn't grabbing the lever hard, I was being especially cautious
because I knew how potent the brakes were, but the rear wheel would
definitely lift.

I'll fit these new seals and if that doesn't work then the thing is
getting either R1 stylee Sumitomos or something else that is known to
work really well.

 

Why would a Volkswagen slogan be suitable?

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