**Handbrake issue**
12-06-2008, 01:45 PM
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**Handbrake issue**
Ok, here is my setup. Magura 13mm master, hohey 4-piston, motul rbf600 brake fluid, and Honda pads on the caliper.
The more I ride, the less bite the handbrake has. Never looses pressure or fades at all. When I first start riding (brakes are cold) I can lock it up VERY easily with 1 finger. After about a hour I have to tugg the **** out of it to lock it up. This starts to make my hand hurt & its a pain in my *******!!!
Think its the pads possibly??
It kinda did this on my old f4i as well
The more I ride, the less bite the handbrake has. Never looses pressure or fades at all. When I first start riding (brakes are cold) I can lock it up VERY easily with 1 finger. After about a hour I have to tugg the **** out of it to lock it up. This starts to make my hand hurt & its a pain in my *******!!!
Think its the pads possibly??
It kinda did this on my old f4i as well 
12-06-2008, 01:48 PM
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Re: **Handbrake issue**
thats happend on every hb setup ive ever had...most recently the same setup as yours cept i had the single piston and used stock pads and then ebc's and still same effect...after about an hour of riding it gets squishy. sorry i dont have any advice for ya cuz i never fixed the prob i just dealt with it
12-06-2008, 01:53 PM
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Re: **Handbrake issue**
sounds like either a pad or fluid issue but you are using good **** on both ends there...
I use CASTROL GTLMA and never get fade. there is one level better Castrol fluid called SRF or something like that, it has a 500 something degree boil point.
oh one more thing to check, is your rotor glazed over at all? try hitting it with some light sandpaper or toss a new rotor on if you have one lying around...
I use CASTROL GTLMA and never get fade. there is one level better Castrol fluid called SRF or something like that, it has a 500 something degree boil point.
oh one more thing to check, is your rotor glazed over at all? try hitting it with some light sandpaper or toss a new rotor on if you have one lying around...
12-06-2008, 01:57 PM
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Re: **Handbrake issue**
sounds like either a pad or fluid issue but you are using good **** on both ends there...
I use CASTROL GTLMA and never get fade. there is one level better Castrol fluid called SRF or something like that, it has a 500 something degree boil point.
oh one more thing to check, is your rotor glazed over at all? try hitting it with some light sandpaper or toss a new rotor on if you have one lying around...
I use CASTROL GTLMA and never get fade. there is one level better Castrol fluid called SRF or something like that, it has a 500 something degree boil point.
oh one more thing to check, is your rotor glazed over at all? try hitting it with some light sandpaper or toss a new rotor on if you have one lying around...
12-06-2008, 02:20 PM
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Re: **Handbrake issue**
thats happend on every hb setup ive ever had...most recently the same setup as yours cept i had the single piston and used stock pads and then ebc's and still same effect...after about an hour of riding it gets squishy. sorry i dont have any advice for ya cuz i never fixed the prob i just dealt with it
and did you get the "HH" ebc's?
