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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim2 View Post
    Looks like Tom has got his June Muppet nomination in early.
    Heh, nice.

    Brakes are for sooks. Just use your feet to slow down.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steam View Post
    So I'd just detach it and drain the fluid till I can get it fixed next week.
    This is a really bad idea, eh?

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    Take the caliper apart and clean it, 20 minute job and probably a 95% chance of fixing the problem(so long as you are mechanically competent to do it)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mully View Post
    Heh, nice.

    Brakes are for sooks. Just use your feet to slow down.

    You've been taking riding lessons from my youngest son, haven't you?
    And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.

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    Some years ago I entertained a member of the Ullyses
    club and his wife. (I lived in the Bay of Islands then and
    so had many interesting visitors)

    THIS MOTORCYCLIST HAD ONLY ONE LEG

    His wife rode her own bike.

    He claimed that he had no fears about just having a front brake. I admired his pluck. Can you imagine the concentration needed to make sure you did not tip over on the legless side when stopping.

    Last year I met his wife in Hamilton, I did not have time to ask how he was faring.

    For town riding I have a Suzuki Epicuro scooter. The rear
    brake on it is nearly non existent. A bad design fault,
    when I get on my bike I find I nearly ignore the rear brake on it as a consequence.

    I always remember my Moto Guzzi with affection and
    found the intergrated braking system it had a very good stopper.

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    Isnt the road Gravel or something in places to the place you guys are staying?.

    If so you should only use your rear brake on gravel hence you need your rear brake, you can always "blip" the front brake so it doesnt lock on gravel.

    What brakes were you using last sunday on the gravel stuff when you went to the buckets?

    Correct me if im wrong.

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    Quote Originally Posted by quallman1234 View Post
    What brakes were you using last sunday on the gravel stuff when you went to the buckets?
    I was on my other bike at the buckets, and I used the front brake... going around a corner... on the gravel... and fell off. Still got a nice bruise on my leg. Damn mountainbiker nearby laughed her head off.

    Live and learn eh! (At low speeds it's not too painful a process!)
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    Steam the bike hasn't had new rear pads put in recently? Could be that the after market pad material is thicker than standard, therefore pushing the caliper piston in further than usual and binding on crud/rust on the outer part of the piston.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bonez View Post
    Steam the bike hasn't had new rear pads put in recently? Could be that the after market pad material is thicker than standard, therefore pushing the caliper piston in further than usual and binding on crud/rust on the outer part of the piston.
    No, I'm pretty sure it's the old seals. Thanks for the suggestions though.
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    bah, you dont need rear brake except for gravel, even then you can get by without it,
    I rode my nsr with no front brakes for a week!
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    No................................................ .......its just like mirrors, indicators, front brakes, gears.
    You can ride fine without them all.
    I've done so previously
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steam View Post
    No, I'm pretty sure it's the old seals. Thanks for the suggestions though.
    Now the techs will poo poo this idea. Squirt a little, and I mean a little with the little tube attached, wd40 around the seal(under the dust cover if it has one) and piston bore. Let sit for a bit then push the piston/pistons in a few mill (a g-clap does the job just nicely using a bit of wood to prevent damage to the piston/pistons or caliper casting), then apply the brake (after g-clamp has been removed obviously). Do this a couple of times making sure you see the piston going in and out. Clean the area around the piston/pistons with a rag and something that will poke it in around the pistons. Then push the piston/pistons move all the way in and make sure its moving freely in and out. Also sure there's something stopping the piston/s from popping out of the caliper like a piece of wood. It'd be a good idea to change the brake fluid while your at it also.

    I hope that makes sence. I've done this on a few bikes, including two bikes I currently own/ride, with positive results.

    Disclaimer- Obviously perform this task at your own risk yadda yada yada.

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    Don't you find it handy on hill starts?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jonbuoy View Post
    Don't you find it handy on hill starts?
    Yes, bloody useful then -- except most of the time I wish I had the brake on the other side, so I could put my foot down without feeling like I'm going to fall off. British bikes, for drive-on-the-left roads, left-hand brake. It makes sense.

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    leave it off it will stop you trying to drift your bike

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steam View Post
    Okay okay, this sounds like a Renegade Master question, but really, do I?
    I mean, I hardly ever use it anyway.
    I'd like to go off to the KB gathering in Turangi tomorrow but my rear brake is stuck on slightly due to an old piston seal not retracting properly.
    The pads rub against the disc, and it gets too hot to touch. So I'd just detach it and drain the fluid till I can get it fixed next week.
    This is a really bad idea, eh?

    Thanks to Renegade Master for paving the way for this question.
    You're more than welcome steam.


    As usal the kb muppets who don't know ANYTHING say don't do it.


    Ive ridden with out a rear brake for months. It is perfectly acceptable and fine to do so, 80% of your braking effort comes from your front brakes.

    The rear brake is really only used in situations like hillstarts and when you want to do a skid or somthing.


    ITS LIKE ANYTHING IF YOU KNOW YOUR BIKE DOESNT HAVE A REAR BRAKE RIDE --->ACCORDINGLY<---- you are in controll of the bike, you are the one who can make the bike work for you.
    Then I could get a Kb Tshirt, move to Timaru and become a full time crossdressing faggot

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