Slow leak in the brake line? Low brake fluid? Did you check your fluid? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mr Viggy" <[email protected]> To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 6:45 PM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Front brakes and "extended" storage...
> > Hey all, > > I recently got Violet on the road (man, that was nice), and noticed > something kinda interesting. I had my bike in the garage for about 3-4 > months. When I pulled the front brake lever, it went all the way to the > throttle, with little or no resistance. Almost like when you push your > caliper pistons in to change your brake pads (on your car, never did the > bike yet). This can't be normal, but I had the bike on the road from > May of last year until about October, and had no brake issues at all. > Any ideas on what caused this? Once I pumped the brake lever a few > times, all was normal again. Oh, yeah, Violet is an '84 700S. > > Viggy > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
