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Re: st-digest V2000 #260



In a message dated 5/31/00 10:05:37 AM, owner-st-digest@xxxxxxxxxx writes:

<< I remember my dealer admitted that the back brake on the ST was "bloody
useless" (I'm allowed to swear when it's quote, right?) and that had been
the consensus of the UK m/c press. I can only agree, since mine has no bite
at all to speak of, just useful for a kind of gradual slowing-down in heavy
traffic when filtering (whereas the front brake tends to affect steering
more).
 >>

Mine was pretty good when I got the bike, ie I could skid the rear wheel on 
dry pavement if I trod upon it firmly, but then I sprayed the disc 
inadverdently, whilst cleaning oil residue off the rear wheel with one of 
those one-step cleaner detailer sprays (Can-Do) and the rear brake has never 
been the same since. I had the pads out, cleaned and wire-brushed them with 
brake cleaner (Acetone-like stuff) ground kitty-litter into them with my 
heel, to no avail (hard to get them back on without transferring a litle 
chain lube via my fingers to the pads). I am now awaiting a new set of 
Ferodos, and am planning to isolate the caliper from the chain with dry rags 
when I install them. Dave Collins, San Diego 

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