Joined Nov 2007
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Northampton
Day before yesterday while out for a ride I noticed that my back brake had around a foot of travel on it. Having read about the problems of air in back brakes I knew it needed bleeding. Thought I could just unbolt the calliper, stick it on top of the disk and bleed away! No such luck, after 45 minutes of labouring, still in the riding kit because I thought it would be a quick job (first mistake) I put the bike back together with the back brake almost as good as when I started.
Next day, following a bit of Internet research, did the bleed in around 30 minutes and it's now bloody lovely. So, to save any of you the time of the 'learning' experience, I thought I'd write down how I did it.
Attached is the Aprilia comment on bleeding and my sheet on the successful bleed. Hope it's some help. :thumbup
Next day, following a bit of Internet research, did the bleed in around 30 minutes and it's now bloody lovely. So, to save any of you the time of the 'learning' experience, I thought I'd write down how I did it.
Attached is the Aprilia comment on bleeding and my sheet on the successful bleed. Hope it's some help. :thumbup
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