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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Changing brake fluid HELP needed Reply #15 - 07/12/10 at 11:02:48 verslagen1 wrote on 07/11/10 at 18:39:23: i've seen it too in an old RV if the vehicle is not used enough to heat up the brakes, it will never drive off the water. 5 miles a year for 20 years must have been enough to get rid of the water.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Changing brake fluid HELP needed Reply #16 - 07/12/10 at 11:52:02 Im pretty sure the laws of physics dont apply in your life, Bill. Youre blessed more than you know.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Changing brake fluid HELP needed Reply #17 - 07/12/10 at 12:06:02 10 years on my 1500 Suzuki hydraulic clutch and brakes never been changed or added too,I'm blessed by the Pope.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28657 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Changing brake fluid HELP needed Reply #18 - 07/12/10 at 12:17:55 bill67 wrote on 07/12/10 at 12:06:02: 10 years on my 1500 Suzuki hydraulic clutch and brakes never been changed or added too,I'm blessed by the Pope. ...angels are changing your fluids... ...
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Re: Changing brake fluid HELP needed
Reply #19 - 07/12/10 at 13:39:18

skatnbnc wrote on 07/11/10 at 15:03:46:

Well I just finished the fluid flush & change out - 20 minutes tops ~ PISH ~ it was so easy!

I guess I just needed a morale boost to get thru it Wink

I've had to replace the brakes twice on my 2006. At those times I just topped off the brake fluid.

This is the first time I flushed it and replaced. The fluid in there was coffee coloured and the brake lever had gone soft this past week. Brake lever is now tight, fluid clear, all good for this weeks daily commute.

THANKS!

coffee is a drink and shouldn't be used to brake with.
it's so easy to swap out and takes very little fluid to do it.
my brother races in nascar like competition and they flush out the fluid every race. Now that's a highly critical application, but his car is only once a season and it was fully comtaminated last season. So if a brake system that gets heated to boiling every week can go bad in one year, ol'bill's ought to be very questionable by now.

Next thing for you to do is replace the brake line with a stainless steel braided line. Your old rubber line will feel like a ballon in comparision.

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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: Changing brake fluid HELP needed Reply #20 - 07/12/10 at 18:30:25 Yep with a braided stainless line that useless single piston caliper isn't so useless. Braided stainless line and a small sportbike 2 piston caliper would make a ton of difference, and commuting is hard on that little stock system. Might just hit the bike breakers after work tomorrow at that...
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Changing brake fluid HELP needed Reply #21 - 07/12/10 at 19:23:25 Best way is to watch traffic and let off the gas you don't have to be hitting the brakes all the time.And use both brakes it will stop must faster and smoother if you have too.
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Re: Changing brake fluid HELP needed
Reply #22 - 07/12/10 at 22:57:43

Yeah unless I'm stopping at a light or a stop sign I don't ever need to use my brake the compression on the bike is fine.. Usually have to hold in the clutch to coast to a stop or the compression will stop me before I want to. But I like to use my brake when traffic is behind me so they know I'm stopping. Should figure out a way to turn the brake light on when the throttle is closed.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Changing brake fluid HELP needed Reply #23 - 07/13/10 at 05:15:24 Theres a guy running a Guzzi who got concerbned about No Brake Lite while slowing on compression. He tapped the intake manifold & used a vac switch to run the lite. I was wondering if a guy could put a switch on the throttle plate, so when its at idle, the lite is on.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Changing brake fluid HELP needed Reply #24 - 07/13/10 at 05:34:44 You don't have to step all way down on your brake petal for the brake light to come on.
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