badlegbill
XS650 Enthusiast
Back from my daughter's today and straight on Red.
After a while I lost most lever movement although I could still brake.
So caliper off g clamped the disc pad on the piston , wow it did not want to move so I cracked the bleed nipple and tried tightening the clamp.
Went as easy as you would expect a caliper with stainless piston and new seals would so I pumped a lot of Dot 4 through before shutting the nipple.
Some crap backfed into the master cylinder along with bubbles and needed wiping out.
Red was a quick and dirty rescue and has just had the 1st service at 150 miles from "fired up" but I didn't touch the brakes, made no difference the most likely time to have a problem is just after you work on it.
Update, first 50 or so running lever pulls were not great so I cable tied the lever back as far as it would go overnight.
This morning the brake was so good I discovered the clutch was slipping.
After a while I lost most lever movement although I could still brake.
So caliper off g clamped the disc pad on the piston , wow it did not want to move so I cracked the bleed nipple and tried tightening the clamp.
Went as easy as you would expect a caliper with stainless piston and new seals would so I pumped a lot of Dot 4 through before shutting the nipple.
Some crap backfed into the master cylinder along with bubbles and needed wiping out.
Red was a quick and dirty rescue and has just had the 1st service at 150 miles from "fired up" but I didn't touch the brakes, made no difference the most likely time to have a problem is just after you work on it.
Update, first 50 or so running lever pulls were not great so I cable tied the lever back as far as it would go overnight.
This morning the brake was so good I discovered the clutch was slipping.
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