jackhammer50
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I have this posted over on the ADV rider forum as well.
I’m a new owner of my first BMW. It is a 2006 GSA. It has 7530 miles on it. It is like new. The PO never rode it much after 2007. But he did have the annual service done at the end of 2011. All oils changed and brake fluid topped off.
I have owned bikes since 2007, have lots of good tools, and have wrenched them all as I (probably erroneously) think no one can fix them as well as I can.
I have had the GSA for about six weeks. The first thing I did was to flush the gas and flush the brakes ala Jim Von Baden’s DVD. (That DVD is GREAT BTW!)
All was good until last night. The PO had installed a LED flashing taillight. I saw
somewhere that it might be programmable. I went out and turned the key on then pulled in the front brake lever five times and held it on the last pull for five seconds. (This was supposedly to put it in program mode).
Holy Shoot! The servos went crazy!
And that was it. Since then I have had a brake failure flashing… quickly at first, and the brake light stays on and the servos don’t run.
What the heck did I do by pulling in the brake like that? Is that the source of the problem? The reservoirs were full a month ago when I flushed the brakes, I have seen no leakage anywhere, and the brake pads were inspected when I flushed the system and were like new.
Brake failure in that the servos won't work. They don't come on with the switch turned on, and the motor not started, nor when braking action is applied. I imagine they will stop the bike if needed, but they will need to be squeezed reallly, really hard to do so. I don't know if the ABS works as I haven’t ridden it fast enough or squeezed the brakes hard enough to kick it in.
It seems to be related to the front brake somehow....as I can give it a squeeze or two or three and sometimes the brake light goes off, then the brakes and servos work as they should. If the brake light comes on when the key is turned, the servos won't work.
Okay...so far I have disconnected and re-connected the battery, sprayed the switches with contact cleaner and replaced the led tail light with the standard bulb.
I can hear the switches clicking, and the problem remains...brake failure message blinks rapidly, servos not running at all now, and brake light stays on.
I just pulled the gas tank and checked the fluid levels in the servo reservoirs. They are full. All the reservoirs are full.
As soon as I turn on the key both filaments in the brake /tail light energize.
Plus, I just discovered my low-beam and my fog lights don't work now either. Can this be related?
Is there some fuse I should check?
WTH??
…I hate intermittent problems.
Help!
I’m a new owner of my first BMW. It is a 2006 GSA. It has 7530 miles on it. It is like new. The PO never rode it much after 2007. But he did have the annual service done at the end of 2011. All oils changed and brake fluid topped off.
I have owned bikes since 2007, have lots of good tools, and have wrenched them all as I (probably erroneously) think no one can fix them as well as I can.
I have had the GSA for about six weeks. The first thing I did was to flush the gas and flush the brakes ala Jim Von Baden’s DVD. (That DVD is GREAT BTW!)
All was good until last night. The PO had installed a LED flashing taillight. I saw
somewhere that it might be programmable. I went out and turned the key on then pulled in the front brake lever five times and held it on the last pull for five seconds. (This was supposedly to put it in program mode).
Holy Shoot! The servos went crazy!
And that was it. Since then I have had a brake failure flashing… quickly at first, and the brake light stays on and the servos don’t run.
What the heck did I do by pulling in the brake like that? Is that the source of the problem? The reservoirs were full a month ago when I flushed the brakes, I have seen no leakage anywhere, and the brake pads were inspected when I flushed the system and were like new.
Brake failure in that the servos won't work. They don't come on with the switch turned on, and the motor not started, nor when braking action is applied. I imagine they will stop the bike if needed, but they will need to be squeezed reallly, really hard to do so. I don't know if the ABS works as I haven’t ridden it fast enough or squeezed the brakes hard enough to kick it in.
It seems to be related to the front brake somehow....as I can give it a squeeze or two or three and sometimes the brake light goes off, then the brakes and servos work as they should. If the brake light comes on when the key is turned, the servos won't work.
Okay...so far I have disconnected and re-connected the battery, sprayed the switches with contact cleaner and replaced the led tail light with the standard bulb.
I can hear the switches clicking, and the problem remains...brake failure message blinks rapidly, servos not running at all now, and brake light stays on.
I just pulled the gas tank and checked the fluid levels in the servo reservoirs. They are full. All the reservoirs are full.
As soon as I turn on the key both filaments in the brake /tail light energize.
Plus, I just discovered my low-beam and my fog lights don't work now either. Can this be related?
Is there some fuse I should check?
WTH??
…I hate intermittent problems.
Help!
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