Re: [ST] RS Brakes

[Erik Miner <Axeis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

How many miles on the bike?? What year is it? How long have you had it??

Erik


>I think the brakes on my RS suck.  I suppose it's all what you are 
>used to.  I had a Triumph Thunderbird with a harrison 6-piston 
>caliper on a single front disk and it had much more stopping power 
>than my new RS.  The Thunderbird's brakes were closer to a Speed 
>Triple -- a bike I consider almost perfect in the braking department.
>
>I need a few more fingers to haul down the RS than I am used to.  In 
>fact, when I rode an SV650 yesterday, I applied the same pressure to 
>the lever that I do on the Sprint and I crushed my nads from the 
>braking force.
>
>Has anyone else noticed this?  Has anyone else fixed this?  I notice 
>that the RS has steel-braided lines, but there is a rubber hose that 
>comes out of the master cylinder to the distributor.  Is that rubber 
>hose the reason that the brakes feel like goosh?
>
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