RE: Brake Lag

["Martin Wilson" <banzaibandit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve at JL is trialling a different master cylinder as we speak.
I'll keep you up to date if Steve hasn't already done so.
Fingers crossed !

Martin W.
Triumph Sprint ST (99)
Bandit6
Too Dangerous to live, Too Stupid to Die
http://www.onewheelsenough.freeserve.co.uk/BanzaiBAndit/


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Rick
> Damiani
> Sent: 13 August 1999 20:49
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Brake Lag
>
>
> On Wed, 11 Aug 1999 12:03:48 -0700, in Mailing-Lists.Triumph you
> wrote:
>
> >Now that the brakes have bedded in (the bikes now got 1000 miles on it)
> >The brakes seem to have some free play in them i.e. when you
> pull the lever,
> >the first 1/2 inch or so does nothing then the brakes bite.
> >I've spoken to Steve Lilley and he's looking to try another larger master
> >cylinder to cure it.
> >Has anybody else had this problem and if so, have you managed to
> cure it ?
> >I read Motorcycle News (Brit weekly bike rag) today and they complained
> >about the mushy brakes saying they changed the pads and had the
> brakes bled.
> >Obviously I don't need new pads but is air in the brake lines the problem
> >with the Sprint or is it something more fundamental like the
> master cylinder
>
> If you find a fix, please let me know. I am having the same problem.
> The brakes are mushy enough that I can squeeze the lever all the way
> back to the bar with the adjuster on the #1 setting. The brakes work
> fine, and I can lock the front wheel with a single finger without
> coming close to the grip so I don't think it's air.
>
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