Hi; I was riding and from the start my front brake level would hardly move, not applying the front brakes hardly at all. I rode for maybe 75 miles just using the back brake. We parked for an hour and on my trip home the front brake worked normally.. Does anyone ever experienced they or heard of this. I have rode for almost 60 years and never experienced this? Thanks Woody
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2009 R1200rt front brake lever working extremely hard
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pglaves
#13338
Some issues may deserve a wait-and-see attitude. In my opinion a situation where pulling the front brake lever resulted in "applying the front brakes hardly at all" is not such an issue.In normal riding the front brake usually does 90% of the braaking. Lacking that, in an emergency stop, the rear brake is very likely to cause the rear wheel to slide. The results easily include hitting something, skidding into a low side, or being tossed in a high side.
This is an issue which needs to be resolved proactively; not re-actively.
This is an issue which needs to be resolved proactively; not re-actively.
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When were the brakes bled, last?
Who did it?
If it wasn't you -- are you sure they were bled *PROPERLY* ?
pglaves
#13338
But maybe it is a "crud" issue and bleeding/flushing may remove the crud. That is where I would start, at least.
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