Hi there, I have just bought an FJ12001TX and for some reason the back wheel has locked and won't move. When the bike is on it's center stand the wheel moves freely but when on side stand the wheel locks and will not budge. I have looked at the center stand to see if it's causeing the back brake to engage, but can't see anything that could be causing the brake to come on.

Is there a secret brake switch i'm not aware of? I've gone 3 day's without a ride and i'm starting to suffer withdrawl symptoms

Any possible suggestions would be appreciated.

Ta

dhtri

Just a guess but maybe the bikes got a safety feature to stop it rolling when stood on side stand.

Thats a new one to me.

Never heard of this before, there are no brake switches while on the stand, could be a warped disk.

The best place to ask is HERE they know everything there is to know about the FJ.

Adam.

I found out what the problem was !!!! the heavy rain had over North Wales had caused the front disks to grip a bit more than required, which obviously stopped the back wheel turning (DOH !! i feel stupid ) Thanks for your efforts

  DHtri said:

I found out what the problem was !!!! the heavy rain had over North Wales had caused the front disks to grip a bit more than required, which obviously stopped the back wheel turning (DOH !! i feel stupid ) Thanks for your efforts

Eh? Thats weird, you sure youre back axle isn't loose?

  DHtri said:

I found out what the problem was !!!! the heavy rain had over North Wales had caused the front disks to grip a bit more than required, which obviously stopped the back wheel turning (DOH !! i feel stupid ) Thanks for your efforts

Is it me or does that not make sense??

Why would sticking front brakes make the rear wheel lock solid?

May be it`s a new version FJ with linked brakes

  JonYorksYAM said:

Is it me or does that not make sense??

Why would sticking front brakes make the rear wheel lock solid?

Youve got to do some lateral thinking! If you cant push the bike coz the front brake is on then the back wheel wont turn, so...you 'think' the back brake is jammed on. :banghead:

  oldgitonabike said:

Youve got to do some lateral thinking! If you cant push the bike coz the front brake is on then the back wheel wont turn, so...you 'think' the back brake is jammed on. :banghead:

Who said anything about when pushing the bike??

His original post said "but when on side stand the wheel locks and will not budge"

  JonYorksYAM said:

Who said anything about when pushing the bike??

His original post said "but when on side stand the wheel locks and will not budge"

so you dont do lateral thinking then, we moved on from his first post when he made a second one! or should we just accept his first post as a statement of fact? after all my back wheel doesnt move much either when the bike's on its side stand

  oldgitonabike said:

so you dont do lateral thinking then, we moved on from his first post when he made a second one! or should we just accept his first post as a statement of fact? after all my back wheel doesnt move much either when the bike's on its side stand

my front wheel doesn't rotate either