Break/clutch fluid

[Nev]

Well i had a go at replacing the front and rear break fluid and for good measure did the clutch as well, dam it was easer then i thought it would be ;D. Has any one else had a go yet.

[ur10]

I did it on the BMW and a Harley but not on the Duke but I notice that the fluid in the clutch and rear brake reservoir are getting dark so I will be doing it soon.
How did you do it?

[ur10]

Hi blackwidow,
that is a good description that exactly how I did it to my other bikes,

[rats666]

And what a difference a new set of pads make, i just changed my front pads (that still didnt even look worn, just a bit shiney), because, since i bought the bike, i have hated the brakes, they were hardly great, so i pulled the pads, on a number of occasions (front and back) and scrubbed up the pads, this improved the brakes a little, but the disks i thought were the problem, so i hand roughed the shine off of those and still no real lasting improvements, finally today i changed the pads for some new ceramic jobs and hand roughed the disks again and took it for a spin, at the first give way sign, it felt like i could throw myself over the handle bars with the front end - it was awesome, i am now comtemplating a spin over to Canberra this Friday, to give it a good run, HAPPY DAYS are here again!!!!

[ur10]

Hi, just replace the clutch and rear brake fluid as it was starting to get black, No problem but i find it hard to fill the reservour with out spilling the fluid. Access is a bit tight i end up removing the screww holding the reservour so that i can move it away from the frame.
The clutch reservour is under the front fairing. but t"v' in the frame is in the way of the back brake reservour.
Did anybody had the same problems?

[doctormv]

Mar 25, 2008 21:37:40 GMT -5 rats666 said:

And what a difference a new set of pads make, i just changed my front pads (that still didnt even look worn, just a bit shiney), because, since i bought the bike, i have hated the brakes,)

When I got my ST3, the brakes were "uninspiring", to say the least! I replaced the OEM pads on the Brembos with EBC pads, and the braking efficiency pretty much doubled (I even had a functional back brake which is rare on an ST3). I also fitted the EBC racing pads on my previous MV 750SR and it improved the already excellent Nissin brakes.

I have since gotten ride of the ST3 and am on a 1098.

The monobloc brakes on these are awsome.

I did of course, even after nearly a year of riding the 1098 manage (in a lapse of concentration) grab too much front brake at low speed (15-20 kph) - did I mention the front brake is very good??? - and promptly ejected myself from the slow moving red missile and sent it (and me) bouncing down the road. Acts of gross stupidity aside, these excellent brakes have always done exactly what I wanted them to do on all other occasions.

[ur10]

Sorry to hear about your good brakes, I hope not too much damage to you or the bike. i know what you mean i was very close to do the same trick my previous bike had ABS my new hasn't
Urio