My bike tried to kill me today

**trailblazer** · 13th March 2011, 19:02

Originally Posted by Ronin

So it had new tires fitted at 5000k's? Not a litre bike in disguise is it?

nope i hated the shinko's that come new with the bike. they were dangerous in the wet and i never felt comfortable riding in the rain so i decided for peace of mind and my safty i would put new tyres on it.

**trailblazer** · 13th March 2011, 19:05

Originally Posted by Ocean1

Perhaps one of the locator pins came loose and got the pad wedged in between the caliper body and the disc.

I wouldn't fuck with it, just tell the dealer what happened and let them sort it.

Im not planning on fucking with it im going to put it on a trailer in the morning and take it into the dealer.

**Wannabiker** · 13th March 2011, 19:26

I might suggest someone has adjusted the rear brake lever pushrod too much and the piston is not uncovering the compensating port in the master cylinder. Fluid becomes trapped in a closed circuit, overheats and locks the brakes.

**Katman** · 13th March 2011, 19:27

Originally Posted by Wannabiker

I might suggest someone has adjusted the rear brake lever pushrod too much and the piston is not uncovering the compensating port in the master cylinder. Fluid becomes trapped in a closed circuit, overheats and locks the brakes.

You are hardly qualified to offer advice on braking systems.

(Don't make me post a link to the thread).

**trailblazer** · 13th March 2011, 19:39

i dont think my brakes have been worked on from new. The pads have more than half of there pad left. Unless the dealer has adjusted them in the services they havn't been touched by me or the dealer. Shit at the last service the bike had only done 5000ks so they shouldn't have been touched. My 2c

**Usarka** · 13th March 2011, 20:00

I'm surprised some twat hasn't said it was your fault for not anticipating it.

**Katman** · 13th March 2011, 20:05

Originally Posted by Usarka

I'm surprised some twat hasn't said it was your fault for not anticipating it.

The same twat might well suggest that this is exactly why a safety buffer should be incorporated into your riding manner.

(Perhaps that is exactly what allows this thread to be of a less serious nature than it could otherwise have been).

**superman** · 13th March 2011, 20:16

Originally Posted by Katman

The same twat might well suggest that this is exactly why a safety buffer should be incorporated into your riding manner.

(Perhaps that is exactly what allows this thread to be of a less serious nature).

A safety buffer for the rear locking up when giving it a slight nudge? If I'm riding and have inspected/tested brakes before beginning the ride that should not bloody happen which means no safety buffer for that event. That would be like creating a safety buffer for the throttle jamming open all of a sudden, or the screen flying off and hitting you in the face even though you check the throttle cable and the screen's secure... no one sits there expecting that to happen.

**trailblazer** · 13th March 2011, 20:19

I always ride with the theory that I don't know what is around the next corner or on the corner (animal,gravel,diesal or whatever) that im about to turn into but i would never have thought my rear brake would seize mid corner for no reason at all. That is something that i will always watch for from now on though.

**Usarka** · 13th March 2011, 20:21

I'm all for not riding at 100% on the road in case shit like this happens. But the reality is you cannot plan for everything all the time and in a case like this it could easily go either way depending on a number of factors (experience, severity of failure, other distractions, and sometimes plain dumb luck to name a few).

I'm glad this went the right way, and I'm glad we don't have to put up with people saying that it serves you right.

**Katman** · 13th March 2011, 20:22

Originally Posted by superman

no one sits there expecting that to happen.

Maybe not, but you're stupid if you don't allow for the possibility of the unexpected.

**Woodman** · 13th March 2011, 20:22

Originally Posted by Katman

The same twat might well suggest that this is exactly why a safety buffer should be incorporated into your riding manner.

(Perhaps that is exactly what allows this thread to be of a less serious nature than it could otherwise have been).

What????? so we all ride around at 3 miles an hour just in case something like this happens??
Next thing you know we will be wearing hiviz vests while posting on kb.

Take the hyosung back.

**trailblazer** · 13th March 2011, 20:24

Originally Posted by superman

A safety buffer for the rear locking up when giving it a slight nudge? If I'm riding and have inspected/tested brakes before beginning the ride that should not bloody happen which means no safety buffer for that event. That would be like creating a safety buffer for the throttle jamming open all of a sudden, or the screen flying off and hitting you in the face even though you check the throttle cable and the screen's secure... no one sits there expecting that to happen.

I didn't even really give it a nudge all i was doing was really just applying slight preasure so it wasn't like it was a short sharp stab of the brake. That i would expect the bike to do something weird.