6th gear....speed vs rpm

[Pterodactyl_imp]

Pterodactyl,

I understand all that, its just that the rear brake on my bike, and a few others, did not do much of anything in normal braking. Ferret described his test and mine experiance was the same. Pretty much push all you want and nothing much happens. The front brake is awesome.

Yes it locked up when the service manager tromped on it.

After I bled it last year, it is much much better, but not the greatest thing on Earth! But it is OK for me now. I didn't rebleed it yesterday as I didn't want to put in year old fluid, but I'm going to bleed it again just to see if I got all the air. Have to buy some more fluid first.

My biggest complaint was that the dealer, and Honda of America did not seem very concerned with brake complaints.

Mate, believe me, that's understood too. If you don't have confidence in the bike, and particularly the brakes, you have to do something about it, otherwise bad snap judgements may be made while you are in an awkward position. Like entering a corner, or an emergency stop situation, or just plain judging buffering requirements. If the brakes, after bleeding, don't continue to be effective you need to take action. A good shop should be able to put an after market set of good stoppers on. Expensive, but a good option to consider. I don't think you will get any joy from the dealer, or Honda.

Cheers

Also, if the brakes require constant bleeding, something's wrong. Don't forget to adjust the pedal after bleeding. By the way, during the last bleed did you see any air go into the bottle, and how much?