Nice Looking bike
I have always flushed brakes at the wheel by sucking at the bleeder valve and keeping the master cylinder from getting empty (bringing in air). Do I understand correctly that you are pushing fluid in at the bleeder valve and removing the older fluid at the master cylinder?Pushing fluid up from the wheel worked as usual...except I had no brakes afterwards.
Correct...I assume air has been caught somewhere in the ABS system and am looking at way to remove it.
Correct. That's how I've done it on several different motorcycles with good results...including the front brake here. The theory being pushing air bubbles up rather than trying to suck them down. I posted this up about the rear cause it didn't play by the rules. Something different here that others might use.Do I understand correctly that you are pushing fluid in at the bleeder valve and removing the older fluid at the master cylinder?
What are you running?New front sneaker….View attachment 324229
A Kenda K270, coincidentally the first aftermarket tire I ever mounted on this bike, 13 years ago. I’m expecting relatively dry weather for the next three months, and probably 70% commuting/asphalt. This cost effective tire will get it done. It’s a 300-21.What are you running?
Nice, just put a pair of shinko 705s on mine last weekend.New front sneaker….View attachment 324229
For the money, not a better 50/50 tire out there. BUT, I vacationed in MO a few years back, summertime with a 705 on the rear, nearly new and was piddling around in the Mark Twain Forest and got down a dead end forest trail that was wet and muddy at the bottom of that holler……and I very nearly didn’t get out. Lesson learned, anywhere in the Ozarks, gotta have a knobbly on the back or risk getting stuck. I have switched to a Kenda big block now that I’m in Rogers.Nice, just put a pair of shinko 705s on mine last weekend.
I run 705s on mine and have really enjoyed them. I am especially pleased with their handling in rain. That being said my off road commute is only about 1 miles of well maintained dirt road to the house. Everything else is paved all the way to work. So far for mileage, I have gotten about 5-6k on the rears and about 10k on the front.Nice, just put a pair of shinko 705s on mine last weekend.
The Kenda’s are all I run on my KLR and have been all over Big Bend and the Mountains of Colorado 2-up no less, and they have been flawless. And you can’t beat the price!A Kenda K270, coincidentally the first aftermarket tire I ever mounted on this bike, 13 years ago. I’m expecting relatively dry weather for the next three months, and probably 70% commuting/asphalt. This cost effective tire will get it done. It’s a 300-21.
This replaces a Dunlop 606 that saw good use over the winter, and through wetter and snowier riding. But toward the end of its life, very cupped and misshapen probably due to me not checking the pressure enough, and forgetting to re-inflate it after off road…
Thanks for the tip. I do the same and will check mine.So I’m thankful that someone posted up the kickstand length thread, was washing the bike this morning and looking over the old kickstand welds, etc….and found this!
I stand on the rear pegs a bunch, and this one needs rewelded to be safe! View attachment 325771
I have run the 705s for years and love them. Interested to hear your thoughts after a few miles.Speaking of tires...I was going to go back to the old faithful TKC80's for a replacement but they are hard to get due to a recall. (see the link below).
https://www.advpulse.com/adv-news/continental-issues-recall-on-tkc80-and-other-motorcycle-tires/
So I ordered the Shinko 804/805 from 3D cycles. I've never ran the Shinko but I'm looking forward to it.
I will let you know, I am optimistic from everything I've read. I just received the email that they have shipped. 3D cycles is awesome.I have run the 705s for years and love them. Interested to hear your thoughts after a few miles.
How much of your riding is on road vs off road? I have always run 705s cause sadly I am mostly commuting and they are perfect for that but have really wanted to give the 804/805s a try. I have just been worried my on road performance would suffer with the different tread pattern considering they call them 40% on road and 60% off road.I have run 804/805’s on various bikes for a couple years now. I usually get about 4500 miles out of the rear on F800/850GSA’s and have achieved 43 degrees of lean angle. Great value at $200 a set.