Recent content by phoenix02

Follow-up. I cleaned out the reservoir and the two ports with brake cleaner and blew it out. I power bled it again and could not get it to firm up very much. I took it down the street to the carwash to get all the brake fluid off and the brake immediately firmed up. Go figure. No power...

I think you're onto something here. I hate to start a new thread and spread this info out among several posts. I compressed my front caliper and did not open the bleeder valve. Now I can't get a hard lever. I have run a whole can of new DOT 4 through it, took the master cylinder plunger out...

In between vacations, I need to order my replacement chain. It's developed a noisy region. I'm going to try a DID VX2. I've inspected my sprockets and don't have the precise criteria for replacement but these look nowhere near as bad as some of my old dirt bike sprockets whose teeth were...

I see I bought a JT Sealed X-Ring last time for $60. I remember searching for the highest tensile strength one I could locate.

My chain has 6.5 cm slack after a month. I probably only have two adjustments left. This thing eats chains for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

I'm having to adjust once a month due to sloppy loose. At this rate, I'll be a the end of the adjustment by the end of the summer. I'll start to run it much looser than I have been. I think I bought a DID last time. I never clean mine either. I put oil can oil on it, like all my other...

I must be doing something horribly wrong with this bike. I get 5K out of my chains. I must be over tightening and the swingarm pivot must be way out of concentricty with the front sprocket. I've had 30 bikes over my 50 yrs of riding and never had to once replace a chain. I'm not anal about...