Hmmm... The spell checker doesn't catch everything does it? That should be "As a brake specialist I concur with Nick's assessment." And I'm sorry Walt, I don't bake either. He he.:-) Gary '01 ST4 Gaston, OR
From: Gary L. Smith <lgranch@laughing-gargoyle.com>
To: st2_owners <st2_owners@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, Aug 11, 2011 7:40 pm
Subject: Re: [DucatiST] Re: Brake question AKA why did this (seem) to work?
Hmmm... The spell checker doesn't catch everything does it? That should be "As a brake specialist I concur with Nick's assessment." And I'm sorry Walt, I don't bake either. He he.:-) Gary '01 ST4 Gaston, OR On 8/10/2011 11:48 AM, Walt wrote: > > I'm no bake specialist but I agree, and I do it the old fashioned way > using the pump-release, do again filling from the reservoir method. I > bought one of those pumps to try and make it easier but never really > got it working right, my inner Luddite coming out I guess. > Anyway, with all my bikes filling the garage I replace the fluid twice > a year and it still takes less than a half hour per bike. And the only > reason I do it so frequently is I prefer to have clear fluid in the > reservoirs and it gives me a chance to go over the bike checking > things out. Piece of mind in other words. > If it's still spongy after bleeding you are letting air into the > system or there is water you aren't getting out, might have a leak > also somewhere. > JMHO, > W > 1994 Ducati 888SPOLTD > 1995 Ducati 900SP (track bike) > 2000 Cagiva Gran Canyon > 2004 BMW R1150RT > 1999 Victory V92c > > As a brake specialist is concur with Nick's assessment. Tricks don't > work only good solid physics. Bleed your brakes properly and you will > have no problems. Except of course when the fluid boils which is a > subject for a whole other discussion. > > Gary '01 ST4 Gaston, OR > > On 8/9/2011 11:18 PM, Nick Woods wrote: > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gary L. Smith <lgranch@laughing-gargoyle.com> > To: st2_owners <st2_owners@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Wed, Aug 10, 2011 2:39 pm > Subject: Re: [DucatiST] Re: Brake question AKA why did this (seem) to > work? > > As a brake specialist is concur with Nick's assessment. Tricks don't > work only good solid physics. Bleed your brakes properly and you will > have no problems. Except of course when the fluid boils which is a > subject for a whole other discussion. > > Gary '01 ST4 Gaston, OR > > On 8/9/2011 11:18 PM, Nick Woods wrote: > > > > > > > > --- Inst2_owners@yahoogroups.com <mailto:st2_owners@yahoogroups.com> > > <mailto:st2_owners%40yahoogroups.com <mailto:st2_owners%40yahoogroups.com?>>, Will Fulford > > <williford112000@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > It should hold up for you Huss. There was still a tiny bit of air in > > your system and the pressure you held on it overnight either allowed > > the bubble to release into the reservoir or dissipate into the fluid > > more evenly which is why it feels firm now. > > > > Sorry Will, I don't buy that! There is no way that air mysteriously > > finds it's way back into the reservoir, since all exits are barred > > when you do this trick. The only possible answer is that the > > compressible air actually dissolves into the fluid under sustained > > pressure, just like nitrogen does into the blood during deep diving. > > So, at least to start with, there is no more compressible air in the > > system, so the brake feels firm. However, just as in the bends in > > divers, releasing the pressure can allow the air to come back out of > > solution and make it's presence known again. I'm pretty sure that Good > > ol' Fariborz commented that riding at highish altitude had his brakes > > go soft again, which confirms this hypothesis. > > > > So, the trick works, but not in the way that 99.9% of bikers think it > > does, and it isn't a substitute for proper bleeding! > > > > NickW, UK > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the list please send an email to:st2_owners-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.comYahoo <mailto:st2_owners-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.comYahoo>! > Groups Links > > > > ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the list please send an email to: st2_owners-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/st2_owners/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/st2_owners/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: st2_owners-digest@yahoogroups.com st2_owners-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: st2_owners-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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