07-18-2018, 05:52 AM
Late last week into the weekend, I attended my 45th college reunion in the North Country of New York State (Potsdam, NY). The trip was 325 miles through the Catskills and Adirondacks Mountains. What a beautiful ride on my CB! (Too lazy to dismount and mount the CB with luggage to take pictures.)
In the Adirondacks, you have several fantastic miles between towns to enjoy. A lot of times, I had the road alone to ride the curves and hills at my pace.
Problem encountered:
When I rode into an Adirondack town, I slowed down by downshifting and normal brake use. When I came upon an intersection, I had no rear brake and had to anchor the front brake so I wouldn’t rear ended a Harley trike. Luckily, I was going slow so I didn’t lose control of the CB, but the front end dive and slight tire skid got my heart rate up.
This is the ‘14 Standard, 3K Miles with the original hydraulic fluids. It was taken out of its crate and delivered to me during May 2017.
My thoughts:
Maybe sitting with my luggage bag strapped to my luggage carrier and back half of my saddle cause my right foot on the brake peddle to slightly push the brake peddle down.
Or, an air bubble(s) in the hydraulics worked its way out.
Note I occasionally pumped my brake peddle for a while and the brakes slowly came back. No further problems for the remaining trip there, or my return trip home was encountered.
While I was in Potsdam, I took my CB to the local dealer and left it. He pulled the cover, inspected the hydraulics and test rode the CB and did not find any problems. I asked him if the original hydraulics should be flushed, and he said no. He advised me to occasionally test the rear brake while I was driving. I went to pay him and he said no charge, I left a tip.
Any thoughts? Does anyone else experienced a problem with the brake peddle being pressed while riding? I usually use the gearing more than brakes when riding curves and hills.
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In the Adirondacks, you have several fantastic miles between towns to enjoy. A lot of times, I had the road alone to ride the curves and hills at my pace.
Problem encountered:
When I rode into an Adirondack town, I slowed down by downshifting and normal brake use. When I came upon an intersection, I had no rear brake and had to anchor the front brake so I wouldn’t rear ended a Harley trike. Luckily, I was going slow so I didn’t lose control of the CB, but the front end dive and slight tire skid got my heart rate up.
This is the ‘14 Standard, 3K Miles with the original hydraulic fluids. It was taken out of its crate and delivered to me during May 2017.
My thoughts:
Maybe sitting with my luggage bag strapped to my luggage carrier and back half of my saddle cause my right foot on the brake peddle to slightly push the brake peddle down.
Or, an air bubble(s) in the hydraulics worked its way out.
Note I occasionally pumped my brake peddle for a while and the brakes slowly came back. No further problems for the remaining trip there, or my return trip home was encountered.
While I was in Potsdam, I took my CB to the local dealer and left it. He pulled the cover, inspected the hydraulics and test rode the CB and did not find any problems. I asked him if the original hydraulics should be flushed, and he said no. He advised me to occasionally test the rear brake while I was driving. I went to pay him and he said no charge, I left a tip.
Any thoughts? Does anyone else experienced a problem with the brake peddle being pressed while riding? I usually use the gearing more than brakes when riding curves and hills.