Posted by sleazy on October 11, 2010, 7:15 pm
About 5 miles from home, I had one of the front brake lines hole out on
the GS. Everytime I pulled the lever, I could see it squirt a solid
stream of DOT 4 fluid. So, the rest of the ride home was slow and
steady, using only the rear brake. =8o Pucker factor was only about
50%. <g>
I ordered a full set of Spiegler lines from my local shop this evening
and they'll put 'em on Friday after they come in. I hope that takes
care of the problem for a few years of brake fluid free riding. Looks
like the Triumph gets used for a bit. I'll miss the heated grips for
that 5AM, 45* ride to work. *sniff*
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sleazy
Posted by Mark Olson on October 11, 2010, 8:28 pm
sleazy wrote:
> About 5 miles from home, I had one of the front brake lines hole out on
> the GS. Everytime I pulled the lever, I could see it squirt a solid
> stream of DOT 4 fluid. So, the rest of the ride home was slow and
> steady, using only the rear brake. =8o Pucker factor was only about
> 50%. <g>
>
> I ordered a full set of Spiegler lines from my local shop this evening
> and they'll put 'em on Friday after they come in. I hope that takes
> care of the problem for a few years of brake fluid free riding. Looks
> like the Triumph gets used for a bit. I'll miss the heated grips for
> that 5AM, 45* ride to work. *sniff*
You're a lucky guy and no mistake. I had a brake line rupture on
a car, and one on a van. The car was as I was taking an exit ramp
and at relatively low speed, the van I was inching out of my garage
to go on a three week trip to California. Both times I swore I had
a guardian angel looking out for me.
Posted by saddlebag on October 11, 2010, 9:02 pm
> sleazy wrote:
> > About 5 miles from home, I had one of the front brake lines hole out on
> > the GS. Everytime I pulled the lever, I could see it squirt a solid
> > stream of DOT 4 fluid. So, the rest of the ride home was slow and
> > steady, using only the rear brake. =8o Pucker factor was only about
> > 50%. <g>
> > I ordered a full set of Spiegler lines from my local shop this evening
> > and they'll put 'em on Friday after they come in. I hope that takes
> > care of the problem for a few years of brake fluid free riding. Looks
> > like the Triumph gets used for a bit. I'll miss the heated grips for
> > that 5AM, 45* ride to work. *sniff*
> You're a lucky guy and no mistake. I had a brake line rupture on
> a car, and one on a van. The car was as I was taking an exit ramp
> and at relatively low speed, the van I was inching out of my garage
> to go on a three week trip to California. Both times I swore I had
> a guardian angel looking out for me.
Kinda makes you think about the drawbacks of linked braking systems...
Posted by Mark Olson on October 11, 2010, 9:25 pm
saddlebag wrote:
> Kinda makes you think about the drawbacks of linked braking systems...
On my bike, if I lose all hydraulic pressure in the front,
I still have the rear, and one pair of pistons on one front
caliper, so I am better off than with a non-linked brake
bike. If my rear brake goes, no big loss since I rarely
use it anyway (which means only three of the four piston
pairs on the front calipers normally do my stopping).
So, I look at it as an improvement, redundancy wise.
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> the GS. Everytime I pulled the lever, I could see it squirt a solid
> stream of DOT 4 fluid. So, the rest of the ride home was slow and
> steady, using only the rear brake. =8o Pucker factor was only about
> 50%. <g>
>
> I ordered a full set of Spiegler lines from my local shop this evening
> and they'll put 'em on Friday after they come in. I hope that takes
> care of the problem for a few years of brake fluid free riding. Looks
> like the Triumph gets used for a bit. I'll miss the heated grips for
> that 5AM, 45* ride to work. *sniff*