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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Brakes and Forks.

So the pumping problem that I have been experiencing should be history. I got the parts from a local place called Daytona Black Gold Cycles. Best place in Daytona, IMHO, period. It is the same place that I got the carb jet, fuel line, fuel filter. They also have the better oil for cheaper than any other store. And they have a tone of extra stuff and parts. And their prices are the best. I was able to get the new rotor, brake fluid, fork oil, and all the work done for about $160.

I am actually closer to 400 miles at this post than the last one.

Here are the pictures that I was able to get while work was being done at Black Gold.

Old Rotor

Here is the old Rotor. You can slightly see where it was warped and would not make contact with the caliper where it is darker. I was not able to get a picture of the new rotor, but it looked so nice. Not so much since I've driven it.

Stabalizing the Caliper

Here is the guy putting the caliper up and out of the way to remove the wheel to get the the fork drain bolt.

Fork Drain

The little nut with the phillips head facing towards the camera is the drain bolt.

Draining the Fork

Draining the fork oil. Be careful, once it starts flowing it goes all over the place.

Fork Spring

Side view of the top of the fork. You can see the spring. This is where the guy poured the fork oil back in through.

Fork Spring

Top of the forks.

Took 3 guys to compress the springs in the forks.

Took 3 full grown men to get the spring compressed enough to get the top back on. And a little trick he used, he unscrewed the cover for the handlebars and let them fall to get to them.

Top of Caliper, drain on left

Here is the top of the caliper. Drain for bleeding the braked is on the left.

Pumping out the Breake Fluid

Here he is using a vacuume pump to get the fluids out. There were a few boogers in there. Large chunks of gunk.

Brake Fluid reservoir

Brake fluid reservoir filled with new fluids.

When all was said and done, and the mechanic took it out for a spin I heard how loud my pipes are, I was surprised, since it has legal pipes.

Anyways, brakes much smoother now, and it doesn't pump.

Thanks Black Gold. Two thumbs up.

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