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- From: tomes@iastate.edu
- Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
- Subject: Re: Rear Brake Pedal Sticks
- Summary: FIX IT
- Message-ID: <Bxu5vL.520@news.iastate.edu>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 01:09:19 GMT
- References: <johnr.721700733@mik.uky.edu> <LOTTO.92Nov16093013@laura.harvard.edu>
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- In article <LOTTO.92Nov16093013@laura.harvard.edu> lotto@laura.harvard.edu (Jerry Lotto) writes:
- >>>>>> On 14 Nov 92 00:25:33 GMT, johnr@nx29.mik.uky.edu (john s roberts) said:
- >john> the down postision whenever I press it down. I was just dering if
- >john> anyone had any suggestions for fixing this problem before my front
- >john> break goes out.
-
- > Go to a dealer or repair shop. Go directly, do not pass GO or
- >collect $200. Your front BRAKE going out is the LEAST of your worries.
- >--
- >Jerry Lotto <lotto@lhasa.harvard.edu> MSFCI, HOGSSC, BCSO, AMA, DoD #18
-
- Jerry is right. While there is a DoD number listed, don't let this fool you.
- The MSFCI means MSF Chief Instructor: he'll REALLY TELL you what you're doing
- wrong. Then he'll tell you how to do it right. The most serious problem
- with a sticky rear brale pedal is that it is difficult/impossible to vary
- rear braking force: your rear wheel could lock up at the worst time
- when you press down on the pedal, and you will be too busy trying to avoid the
- ground coming up at you to think about the pedal or the meaning of 'high side'.
- I hope that despite your comment about the front brake, you are using (or
- trying to use) BOTH brakes to stop. If you need to know why, take a MSF
- RiderCourse (Jerry or I can give phone #s, email) SOON.
-
- CP Tomes
- "There's some nut out in the parking lot.."
-