Wigster

Yeah, done that as well, after the airline tool, just to be sure. Makes no difference, and each pump does not get stronger. I suspect a braided line might be on the cards, but to be honest, the only bike I ever changed them on was my old TRX850. Original rubber to braided stainless, and I didn't feel any difference at all :-(

Hi all, My son has just got a YBR125 that was in need of some TLC, including the front brake binding a bit. We've stripped it down, cleaned off the brake piston, and put new seals in. Brake fluid has (obviously) been changed as part of this, and the system fully bled. I did this with a compressor bleeding tool as used by garages, and when you pump the front brake, the pressure does not increase as you do this. It all works now (piston pumps in and out beautifully), but to me, it still doesn't seem right. Now, perhaps I'm just too used to the brakes on bigger bikes, but on this one, you can pull the handle back to the bars fairly easily. Even at slow speeds (just pottering around outside the house), it also doesn't stop anything like as quickly as I'd expect. My son says it's still better than his drum-braked CG125, but I'm not happy with it, so am trying to find out if we still have an issue somewhere, or if this is just as good as it gets. I think I'm going to get an overhaul kit for the master cylinder ordered up anyway, but am not confident that this will improve things. Anyone got any ideas please? It's an '07 plate, and has done in the region of 6-8,000 miles. Thanks

Well, I'm sorry, but I have to say that's a pretty disappointing response to my first post. Did I put it in the wrong place or something?

Hi all, I've just bought a second hand FZ1N from one of my local dealers, at what seemed like a very good price of £4,600. It's on 07 plate, with 10K on the clock. A new pair of tyres, and looks in overall good nick. However, there's no service history with it, and when I got it home and looked at the log book, the (only) previous owner was one of these insurance type companies that give you a loaner while your bike is getting repaired following an accident. My first thought was it was going to go straight back, but then I started thinking about it. It was cheap (the closest any of the other dealers in the area got was £1,000 more). 10,000 miles in three years still isn't a lot. It goes like stink, and doesn't seem to have any nasty rattles. It would be hard for someone to thrash one of these to death, without being killed in the process, and it's probably been given a good check over every time it's been loaned out. So, who thinks I should shove it up the dealer's ar$e, and who thinks I should use that £1K saving to buy loads of trick goodies for it!