Just had to give my T it's first MOT. Much to my surprise, the back brake works!:thumbup
Thought I would share that.
Thought I would share that.
Apparently some work
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Mines original and the mot guy said how powerful it was. Even better since griff changed the fluid
Could someone tell me in words of one syllable how rear sets improve the performance of the back brake? I thought rear sets allowed the rider to adopt a more race like position on a bike ??
On a T the foot pegs move the foot forwards as well as backwards, but the big thing that Griffs rearsets do is move the rear brake master cylinder onto the heel plate of the foot peg.
This moves it away from the vibration from the engine thus avoiding the cavitation in the fluid and the loss of the back brake.
This moves it away from the vibration from the engine thus avoiding the cavitation in the fluid and the loss of the back brake.
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Heat has nothing to do with it.
I tried some full-on lockheed race fluid, (iirc about £40's worth) the temps & boiling point it could withstand was so high it was ridiculous (the engine temp on the crankcases measured only 30% of what the fluid could cope with)
Made no difference.
The smart money is on cavitation as the cause.
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My bike came to me with griff rearsets fitted so my brake works,just wish I could get the rearsets lower :banghead
The Tech man at where i get my bike serviced said that Griff has done a fantastic job with the design of the R/sets, I agree.
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Thats what my mechanic told me, and after he changed the fluid it worked much better.
