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As Your Attorney I Advise You To Ride Your Motorcycle (infosec.pub)
submitted 2 weeks ago by dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world to c/motorcycles@lemmy.world
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Summer skies, tall clouds, country lanes. Today is perfect; take the time now and tomorrow you can deal with tomorrow. For instance, maybe tomorrow I'll finally get around to painting that silly crate black to match the rest of the bike...

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[–] tasankovasara@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

My rear brake is dragging and there is nothing to adjust to make it cease. I should take my baby to the shop for expensive brake fluid voodoo in the middle of the season but anticipate the appointment is going to be like mid-autumn :´(

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Sounds like you need a new rear brake line. They tend to disintegrate in such a way that they start acting like a one-way valve, and the backpressure isn't released on the piston(s) when you let go of the pedal and the thing sticks on. I'd try that first, it'll only cost you $15 to give it a whack plus a few bucks worth of brake fluid.

Then suspect the master cylinder, and finally the caliper.

The good news is, motorcycle brake systems are (usually, excepting fancypants linked or ABS schemes) prehistorically simple.

[–] tasankovasara@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks for a shoulder to cry on! This is a 19 year old Vespa - simple separate brake lines sans frills, but two hours of disassembly to get to them (shop rate is 90 € / hour). Guess it's sensible to let a pro look at the whole system...

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

And alas, based on your local currency being Euros I predict it'll be a rather long swim for you to bring the thing over here so I can mess with it. Oh well.