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Ther's nothing really special involved to do it. It's pretty much a standard motorcycle ABS system.
Not sure if it has the same front resevoir as the ST and GS, if so, you need a special tool to do the cap removal. I've heard it can be done without but it tricky. There's a coulpe of locking tabs that prevent the lid from unscrewing, sort of like a childproof medicine bottle lid. The tool looks basically like just a large thin open end spanner. It slip into the gap below the lid and holds the tab in so the lid can be turned to unscrew it. I made my own from a piece of aluminum sheet, they can be purchased premade too.
After that, just use whatever method suits you to do the fluid flush.
I picked up my F800 GS adventure in March and I've ridden it 2K.
I was washing it yesterday when I noticed that the rear brake fluid res. was dark chocolate almost black?
I've never seen fluid go south so fast, I did a search of the web and see this has been something that's "normal" for this bike for some time.
Should I change this fluid right now or should the dealer take care of it?
Yep, it's the rear brake fluid reservoir and the fluid is almost black.
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I picked up my F800 GS adventure in March and I've ridden it 2K.
I was washing it yesterday when I noticed that the rear brake fluid res. was dark chocolate almost black?
I've never seen fluid go south so fast, I did a search of the web and see this has been something that's "normal" for this bike for some time.
Should I change this fluid right now or should the dealer take care of it?
Are you sure you're not looking at the clutch fluid?
Does the F800 have a hydraulic clutch or cable?
Literally all new F800 bikes turn the rear brake fluid black. Its colour from the hose. After a brake flush or two it stays clear. Don't worry about it.
Some folks cut and bend a coat hanger to make a tool to hold down the tabs to remove the front reservoir cap.
I use a Mighty Vac to extract the fluid from the caliper and put the new stuff in the reservoir.
mike
The improvised-from-a-wire-coat-hanger tool described several posts in to the above thread is cheap, easy to make, and easy to use. It took me about 90 seconds to make it.