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  • Ever break your brake?

    Don't mean to be a smartass, but there're 2 ways to spell brake/break
    They have different meanings:
    Break means something came apart.
    Brake is used to stop something in motion.

    Sorry, I just had to say it.
    Tom Clisham

    Age is relative YOU WON"T GET OLD TIL YOU SELL THE BIKE
    _____________________________________________

    '78xs1100E ,all stock & original GONE TO WISCONSIN

    '80 SG Vetter fairing,hard bags,trunk,fork brace,
    stock headers with fishtail mufflers,black & beautiful GONE TO ARIZONA

    79SF lowered,jardine 4/2 exhaust,pod filters,drilled rotors,fork brace, bar hopper

    79SF 1 owner,8000 miles, restoring to completely original ( I hope) GONE TO FRANCE

  • #2
    OK Tom, back to the corner, have two beers, and don't get too rowdy!
    Ray Matteis
    KE6NHG
    XS1100 E '78 (winter project)
    XS1100 SF Bob Jones worked on it!

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    • #3
      Try Not to get yourself in a knot.

      Hey Tom,

      Yeah, recently my front brakes broke..seized calipers after 10 + years since my last breakdown and rebuild. I didn't break my brakes, but they just kept braking and wouldn't stop stopping the front wheel, almost didn't make sense.

      There is something wrong with their O-rings, they're not releasing. The Two caliper's pistons were just too tight. They can be a bear to work on, but I'll just have to grin and bare it. I'm hoping the weather will be nice, but whether or not, it's got to get done. I'll be doing the re-build my self, I don't want to get billed by a shop, so I'll buy the parts online. You may have heard this before, but Xsives don't have a herd mentality. Most of us weren't bred and reared to waste bread. The basis for this is well known, but just covering all of the bases. I was happy to see Xsive OEM won his ebay brake pads, I'm sure he's going to be one happy camper near the Carribean Sea.

      I guess my brakes had a breakdown afterall. So now I've got to breakdown and break down my brake calipers and rebuild them again so I don't have another breakdown in the future. So now I'll put the brakes to my typing, just thinking aloud but it's allowed, I just wanted to write this down to get it right.

      Who knows, think I'll go upstairs, pick my nose and play Tom Petty's Breakdown. Aren't you glad I'm through before you threw a fit?

      I don't mind being a Smartass sometimes! :

      T.C. not homophone-bic at all!
      T. C. Gresham
      81SH "Godzilla" . . .1179cc super-rat.
      79SF "The Teacher" . . .basket case!
      History shows again and again,
      How nature points out the folly of men!

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      • #4
        Originally posted by topcatgr58 View Post
        hey tom,

        yeah, recently my front brakes broke..seized calipers after 10 + years since my last breakdown and rebuild. I didn't break my brakes, but they just kept braking and wouldn't stop stopping the front wheel, almost didn't make sense.

        there is something wrong with their o-rings, they're not releasing. The two caliper's pistons were just too tight. They can be a bear to work on, but i'll just have to grin and bare it. I'm hoping the weather will be nice, but whether or not, it's got to get done. I'll be doing the re-build my self, i don't want to get billed by a shop, so i'll buy the parts online. You may have heard this before, but xsives don't have a herd mentality. Most of us weren't bred and reared to waste bread. The basis for this is well known, but just covering all of the bases. I was happy to see xsive oem won his ebay brake pads, i'm sure he's going to be one happy camper near the carribean sea.

        I guess my brakes had a breakdown afterall. So now i've got to breakdown and break down my brake calipers and rebuild them again so i don't have another breakdown in the future. so now i'll put the brakes to my typing, just thinking aloud but it's allowed, i just wanted to write this down to get it right.

        Who knows, think i'll go upstairs, pick my nose and play tom petty's breakdown. Aren't you glad i'm through before you threw a fit?

        I don't mind being a smartass sometimes! :

        t.c. Not homophone-bic at all!
        :d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d
        1981 XS1100 H Venturer ( Addie)
        1983 XJ 650 Maxim
        2004 Kawasaki Concours. ( Black Bear)

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        • #5
          Tc:

          Great job! I think you pretty much covered it all.

          How long have you been teaching english, anyway?
          Tom Clisham

          Age is relative YOU WON"T GET OLD TIL YOU SELL THE BIKE
          _____________________________________________

          '78xs1100E ,all stock & original GONE TO WISCONSIN

          '80 SG Vetter fairing,hard bags,trunk,fork brace,
          stock headers with fishtail mufflers,black & beautiful GONE TO ARIZONA

          79SF lowered,jardine 4/2 exhaust,pod filters,drilled rotors,fork brace, bar hopper

          79SF 1 owner,8000 miles, restoring to completely original ( I hope) GONE TO FRANCE

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          • #6
            A Proper Biker he is!

            I can't bear it, T.C.: you have a bike named Two that you have never mentioned or Godzilla's brake calipers were made by Two Corp.
            -- Scott
            _____

            2004 ST1300A: No name... yet
            1982 XJ1100J: "Baby" SS Brakes, '850 FD, ACCT
            1980 XS1100G: "Columbo" SS Brakes, '850 FD, ACCT
            1979 XS1100SF: "Bush" W.I.P.
            1979 XS1100F: parts
            2018 Heritage Softail Classic 117 FLHCS SE: "Nanuk" It's DEAD, it's not just resting. It is an EX cycle.

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