Some one please rescue me cant start my baby

[DGXSER]

WOHOOO!!! Glad to know another one is back on the streets!! Ride over to the auto parts store and get that feeler gage!

[crazy steve]

...Ride over to the auto parts store and get that feeler gage!

Better yet, ride over the office supply store and get a printer cartridge so you can print out the manual...

[DRedel]

I got a quick ride in I'm gonna get the feeler gauge and also print outthe manual. My rear brake is seized shut so I'm gonna have to fix that next. Thanks again to all those who helped I wanted to go out today so bad and I wouldn't have gone if it wasn't for everyones help

[DGXSER]

Happy to help you out. Being a part time tree hugger, don't run out and print the entire manual just yet. Do download it to your computer for future use. Print out the pages you need when you need them. Somewhere on my list of garage improvements is adding a remote monitor with remote keyboard and mouse to the garage, a 42" LCD should do it. Yeah, WAY down on the list though!

[Jfries]

wouldnt a laptop for ur garage cheaper? then atleast its mobile lol

[DGXSER]

Your obviously young enough to see the laptop screen from ten feet away without switching glasses and squinting hard.

[cywelchjr]

Happy to help you out. Being a part time tree hugger, don't run out and print the entire manual just yet. Do download it to your computer for future use. Print out the pages you need when you need them. Somewhere on my list of garage improvements is adding a remote monitor with remote keyboard and mouse to the garage, a 42" LCD should do it. Yeah, WAY down on the list though!

Better yet, get a tablet, such as an android tablet and put the pdf on it, then you can have the manual out there on it. Granted you need to have your hands clean, but you should be doing that with a paper copy anyways. What else is cool is I can zoom in on any illustrations if I need to (yes I know their not that clear anyways). I have pretty much all the manuals that I have/need on my tablet so far.

[DRedel]

My back break is real tight. When I took my bike for a ride the disk got real hot any ideas as to where to start to fix this?

[BA80]

Open the bleeder screw and see if it frees up. If it does it'll more than likely be the spooge hole in the rear master cylinder, if it doesn't it'll be in the caliper and you'll need to disassemble that and clean it out.

[DRedel]

Ok when I loosen the bleeder should I let a little fluid out. I turned it a little at the gas station wating for the rotor to cool down a little but I was afraid to let the fluid come out.

[bikerphil]

If some brake fluid comes out it is not a problem, just wipe it up before it eats away at the paint. With the bleeder open, see if the rear brake releases. If it does, you will probably have to clean out the master cylinder. If it does not, you will probably need to clean out the caliper. There is a remote chance that it is just the brake pedal mechanism sticking/misadjusted. Report back.

[DRedel]

I loosened the break petal adjuster because I thought maybe it was too tight but it dident help I just looked at a thread about cleaning the sponge hole so i know where to look if I need that.

[BA80]

If it's been sitting it'll probably be the caliper corroded up.

[DGXSER]

Personally, I would take an evening and pull the entire rear brake system off, caliper and MC. Tear them both down and clean them out really well. Stopping one of these bohemoths is not easy with all the brakes working right.

You can clean the spooge hole, and maybe get it working...for a while. Or clean the rear caliper and maybe get it working.... for a while. But their part of one hydraulic system, and share the same fluid and dirt and goo that has one of them sticking in position. Only cleaning one of them is a waste of good energy, the crud will just be back when you use the system again.

[cywelchjr]

You know, I get that these brake systems are old and you have to squeeze the lever hard. But I've never had a hard time stopping my bike. Can't do a stopped (bike is too heavy for that) but I can lock up the brakes on clean dry pavement. Are everybody else's brakes that much worse than mine? Yeah newer bikes have better, but these still work fine.