AntonLargiader
Well-known member
Just a heads up here, twice in the last few months R1150 models have come in with sticky front brake levers. This acts like a bad master cylinder (lever doesn't return, brakes stay on, ABS fault, etc.) but the cause is simply that the plastic coated pivot pin has swelled up. I don't know if something attacked the plastic or if the metal underneath it corroded and expanded, but this failure mode is new to me.
So check the simple things. The pin (32 72 7 651 451, "Bearing screw hand lever") is only $20. Way better than a $4xx master cylinder.
This potentially affects everything using the 1150-style controls, so K12 bricks, R1200C, R1150, R1100S, and early R1200RT.
So check the simple things. The pin (32 72 7 651 451, "Bearing screw hand lever") is only $20. Way better than a $4xx master cylinder.
This potentially affects everything using the 1150-style controls, so K12 bricks, R1200C, R1150, R1100S, and early R1200RT.