Brakes are often neglected by many bikers once they have delivered thousands of miles halting your motorbike when you need them. This brief DIY maintenance of your braking system is yet another reminder that any of us should check them regularly and ensure they operate effectively to avoid being among many casualties from bike accidents.
After a period and mileage of use, your brakes may be providing you with poor functioning and you do not possibly realise it. Do your brakes present clean progressive stopping or do they operate like a switch -all or none? It doesn't indicate that they are flawed or worn out, your calipers need maintained. There are sealing o-rings inside your calipers that just need cleaned and lubricated. By doing this service, it will certainly improve your stopping performance drastically. I have found mid to late type Harley Davidsons require caliper checking.
A way to tell if your motorbike needs this is to merely squeeze the handle. If it meets or is near the throttle hand grip, your calipers need some servicing. What you are going to need to accomplish this job is some brake clean and some sort of lubrication similar to Tool Box Buddy and a pry bar.
Remove your calipers from the bike and pump the brake lever. As you can see, just a pair of the four pistons in the caliper actually are working okay. The other 2 are firmly sticking.
What you need to do is clean up the caliper pistons, apply a small amount of brake clean on them and blow dry with pressurized air. You may want to carry such out a couple of times since this depends how dirty your calipers are.
When your caliper pistons are nice and clean, apply some lubricant on them. Then get your pry bar and insert it between your brake pads and pry the pistons back into their bores. At this moment squeeze your brake handle and check how the pistons come out of the caliper. What you're after is that all of the pistons all come out simultaneously and at the same time. You are going to need to do this a couple of times to have them turn out smoothly.
This is what you're aiming: all pistons evenly extended. This certainly will take 5 to 10 squeezes of the brake handle. Re-install your brake and tightenthe caliper bolts to specification, usually 35 ft. lbs.
Pull your brake lever till you have a decent solid feel. Watch how far away the lever is from the accelerator grip. That is the way your brake handle should look and feel. Next you're ready to take your motorbike for a test drive. Be mindful and allow yourself plenty of time to adjust to the freshly serviced braking system. This advice can be applied to anything that has brake calipers, perhaps even your old truck.
Before we part ways, keep in mind that even a good brake system may fail. In case that time occurs, we should be ready at all cost. Be sure to wear any protective helmets to prevent severe traumas. If you're thinking you might be compromising style when riding a bike with a helmet, look around, try fitting a German motorcycle helmet or any stylish protective gear that suite your Harley's looks. Just make sure they are made from the highest quality; Not only you are safe, you're way looking cool with it. Ride Safe and happy riding!
After a period and mileage of use, your brakes may be providing you with poor functioning and you do not possibly realise it. Do your brakes present clean progressive stopping or do they operate like a switch -all or none? It doesn't indicate that they are flawed or worn out, your calipers need maintained. There are sealing o-rings inside your calipers that just need cleaned and lubricated. By doing this service, it will certainly improve your stopping performance drastically. I have found mid to late type Harley Davidsons require caliper checking.
A way to tell if your motorbike needs this is to merely squeeze the handle. If it meets or is near the throttle hand grip, your calipers need some servicing. What you are going to need to accomplish this job is some brake clean and some sort of lubrication similar to Tool Box Buddy and a pry bar.
Remove your calipers from the bike and pump the brake lever. As you can see, just a pair of the four pistons in the caliper actually are working okay. The other 2 are firmly sticking.
What you need to do is clean up the caliper pistons, apply a small amount of brake clean on them and blow dry with pressurized air. You may want to carry such out a couple of times since this depends how dirty your calipers are.
When your caliper pistons are nice and clean, apply some lubricant on them. Then get your pry bar and insert it between your brake pads and pry the pistons back into their bores. At this moment squeeze your brake handle and check how the pistons come out of the caliper. What you're after is that all of the pistons all come out simultaneously and at the same time. You are going to need to do this a couple of times to have them turn out smoothly.
This is what you're aiming: all pistons evenly extended. This certainly will take 5 to 10 squeezes of the brake handle. Re-install your brake and tightenthe caliper bolts to specification, usually 35 ft. lbs.
Pull your brake lever till you have a decent solid feel. Watch how far away the lever is from the accelerator grip. That is the way your brake handle should look and feel. Next you're ready to take your motorbike for a test drive. Be mindful and allow yourself plenty of time to adjust to the freshly serviced braking system. This advice can be applied to anything that has brake calipers, perhaps even your old truck.
Before we part ways, keep in mind that even a good brake system may fail. In case that time occurs, we should be ready at all cost. Be sure to wear any protective helmets to prevent severe traumas. If you're thinking you might be compromising style when riding a bike with a helmet, look around, try fitting a German motorcycle helmet or any stylish protective gear that suite your Harley's looks. Just make sure they are made from the highest quality; Not only you are safe, you're way looking cool with it. Ride Safe and happy riding!
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