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took my motorcycle out finally. and no rear brakes.
I didn't ride all winter. for whatever reason, I cant ever remember.
I brushed off the webs, unplugged the Bob Kontak battery tender and it roared to life. I got to work easy. fun..smiling.
ride home, what? no rear brakes. took it easy all the way to my garage. no trail-braking, but no real danger.
got some Dot-4 sunday and bled the rears. easy enough, since the nipple and brake pedal are right there. all good. kinda fun, since the right and left hand know EXACTLY what each other are doing. bubbles came out, and fluid I thought was clean/clear not so much. its obvious when you pour in fresh the old stuff is definitely darker amber. all good to go.
got me thinking. how did air get into a closed system? my dot-4 degraded? turned to water? I will pick up some more Dot-4 and do the fronts before any spirited ride. the fronts will be more difficult since I have to squeeze the lever backwards and reach way down to the nipple. maybe I can get my wife to help.
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poof! gone
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