Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[TonyO77]

Anyone ever have the front brake lines on your SEEG form “flaps in them?
Are they true braided lines or no?

[SIKBIRD]

Post a pic of what you’re talking about

[TonyO77]

These lines

[TonyO77]

Here’s the deal.
I had a wobble at about 100-110 mph, I’m going on a 10,000 mile trip in mid June.
So I decided to go through the bike and do a bunch of stuff.
New tires ( the front was cupped) new swingarm bushings, shaft and rubber mounts ( swingarm had play)
New steering head bearings and races ( they were dry as a popcorn fart and gritty).
New to me clutch master cylinder ( the old one had a slight leak at the top gasket )
Then I discovered that the pressure relief in the front brake master cylinder was not “ spurting “ when I actuated the lever, and as a consequence the front brakes are dragging ( no telling how long they have been doing that without me noticing)
I had a new master cylinder on the way, just try to cover all my bases.
The bike has never passed the “swing test” perfectly, it has always been slightly tight but rode fine.
Still slightly tight but I have taller bars.
Any suggestions or input?

[SIKBIRD]

Pistons in the brake calipers likely need a cleaning.  Easy to do but you have to be very careful when pushing the pistons out because if one comes all the way out it is probably going to require a total rebuild.

I couldn’t zoom in on the pic enough to see what issue you were having with the brake line.

[TonyO77]

I was wondering if anyone had one of the lines devil a “flap” inside from deterioration.
I have had the happen before.
The calipers relax pretty easily when I use a screwdriver the collapse the pads but I want to be sure before I go buying brakes lines

[SIKBIRD]

I felt a slight wobble in mine at that speed as well.  To fix it I rolled my right hand forward a little which dropped my speed and the issue went away.  Sorry Tony, couldn’t help myself🤣

[SIKBIRD]

Ahh, gotcha.  I replaced my brake lines when I went to taller bars.  They could have deteriorated but I didn’t really inspect them.