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well this morning, it happened...

iron cove bridge, 10-15km/h needed to do about an 80% stop, and the shitty feeling in my front lever came back to bite me... went for the brake and it just locked up and tucked under... no warning... its a weird feeling, could be just air in the line or a problem with the caliper or master cylinder... when i squeeze the lever it reaches a firm point, and will then all of a sudden pull back further as if an air bubble is being released or maybe the piston in the caliper moves again... i dunno, will need to get this checked out...

went down right hand side, more scratches in fairing, and actually broke the fairing away from the main fairing mount... pics to come... on a side note i think im keeping the aftermarket indicator industry afloat...

oh and this has served as a timely reminder, please make sure your bike's brakes are in perfect working order... im now going to try and get my front brake fixed, should have done it earlier

so anyway im thinking now that with my fairings busted in many places, and my tank with a dent in it, sometime next year i will get off my arse and od it up properly as factory or get it sprayed another colour and go naked...

Bugger Pinchy...

Time for an upgrade i think! http://www.ksrc-au.com/phpBB3/viewtopic ... 16&t=29556

if only

Start selling your arse!

you offering to be his pimp daddy dave?

and yes.. nothing like an emergency stop to remind us we need to keep our breakes working properly!... sorry to hear about the damage...!

sorry to hear bud, glad your not hurt bikes can be fixed mate

bummer mate

Glad you're ok tho.

Is that the same problem you had on Mt Darragh last year Pinchy?

Bummer about the crash mate, hope you get the bike sorted OK.

Bugger At least your alright If you need a hand with anything Im nearby

Bugger Sorry to hear that mate.
Thats really sucks, but considering you had dodgy brakes - the end result could've been much worse. Bikes are fixable, you're much more important.

And you know where we are if you need a hand. Not my hand, I'm offering up my pit biatches services

Bugga pinchy just what ya needed.

Hope ya can work it all out soon.....

Shit mate get some brembos
If you want a hand ....... you know where the workshop is...... we can have the brakes serviced in an arvo easy
Just get some piston seals & some fresh pads oh & while you are at it a MC kit...... will be 200% better than before
Just ask the other Owen we did his & he went over the bars

Damn man, Lucky your ok though!!

Bugger mate...

Had a similar problem with a go-kart once. Turned out to be a wear in the MC that left a tiny step and the piston moved freely up to there then needed a boost to go further resulting in the same problem that you have.

Sorry to hear, hope it all fixes up OK.