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My awesome dad has given me one of his restored XS's ('81 RH Sport) to ride. She looks and rides like a new bike. The strange issue (that I suspect is shaft related) is pushing it backwards when I'm trying to manoeuvre her in the garage. The bike rolls forward very easily but reverse is a real heave. I'm pretty big and its a full blown push to get her backwards. Is this a issue with the shaft or some weird bearing issue? I cannot pinpoint the exact part that's making it so hard. No centre stand either to diagnose the cause.
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First suspect would be rear brake caliper piston is not retracting properly causing brake pad drag on rotor.
Since you state your decent size, a quick check could be acomplished by rocking bike towards you while on side-stand, lifting rear wheel of ground. Reach down and rotate wheel forward and backward for any noticable resistance difference between the two directions while listening for excessive brake pad drag.81H Venturer1100 "The Bentley" (on steroids) 97 Yamaha YZ250(age reducer) 92 Honda ST1100 "Twisty"(touring rocket) Age is relative to the number of seconds counted 'airing' out an 85ft. table-top. -
Ah cheers, as soon as the rain stops I'll have a look, didn't dawn on my to look at the brakes.Comment
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My daughter has a little Chinese 125 that has the same issue, that's the front brake caliper. (drum on the back) I've stripped it and can't find anything wrong so assume its just badly made, and the silver lining is it makes hill starts for my newbie daughter a lot easier.Tom
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Tap with bubber mallet
Tap the calipers lightly with a rubber mallet before you move the bike around. If it moves easier then the calipers are sticking.79 1100 SF Carmine Red stock
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Its got new pads so I suspect they are the cause.Comment
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The rear brake on all 3 of my XS's make a squonking noise when I push them backwards, although the brakes are not dragging enough to make it hard to push.-Mike
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'79 XS1100SF 20k miles
'80 XS1100SG 44k miles
'81 XS1100H Venturer 35k miles
'79 XS750SF 17k miles
'85 Honda V65 Magna ~7k miles
'84 Honda V65 Magna 48k miles (parts bike)
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Pat Kelly
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Hard push back
Mine does that from time to time, I spray the rear axel on the chrimp side down around were the brake rides, and the front axles with WD40 and that helps tons.Bike History:1980 XS 1100 special current bike
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Make sure the pads are not sticking-I just went through that as the bike had to sit.1980 XS1100 SG
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