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  1. Condor
    For 1stGens order 3 ea. 8125L (calipers) and 1ea. 8125 (clutch). Order them directly from Speed Bleeder off their website. www.speedbleeder.com Lots of Good info about how to use them on there too.
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    There are a lot of things they didn't do to the 2ndGens to save on production costs and keep the retail down... Linked brakes was one of them.. Sensitive rear brakes and OMG locks up by many riders were the result...
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    Not really... They were designed to work better.
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    Or put you in a ditch...... If you can lock them up with the OEM system you don't need anything more... Face it. Brakes will only slow you down until the tires loose traction. Outside of the weak front brakes on the MKI's I for the life of me can't understand why anyone would want to mess around with something that works.... :confused07:
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    You don't have to build up pressure in the calipers any longer... or the clutch. Just crack them open and pump fluid through the system. Just make sure the reserve doesn't run dry....
  6. Condor
    Pull the middle gear cover and take a look back in there. With that kind of flow it should be easy to spot a leak if there is one in there, and it's right over the collector. Also take a look at the bottom bolt of the middle gear cover... it does double duty as a drain plug. Also check the bottom of the pan and the back screws. You can see them as the collector doesn't quite cover them. Good luck...
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    That's my thinking. If the bike slows and stops reasonably well, why in in the H does everyone find a need to go back in time with a set up 'like I used to have...' :stirthepot:
  8. Condor
    Nah.... You Win!!
  9. Condor
    From the looks of it the ride should be scenic. The Million Dollar Highway from Gunison south to Durango might be a must do ride. There's a ton of info on the area using Google. http://g.co/maps/mrjgg If you get north of Denver there is also some awesome roads. Ah heck, the whole dam state is scenic.
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    So..... you were gone???
  11. Condor
    Yep, had a big ol' oak tree fall on my boat during a storm. It was the neighbors tree on the fence line. Was told that his home owners didn't cover it.. act of god.., and mine didn't either. It was covered under the boat policy.... which wasn't in force.... Which does bring up a question. If a bike is non-op'd, partiually disassembled, and can't be ridden....or a pile of bike parts for that matter.... I wonder how they'd (the ins co.) treat coverage???
  12. Condor
    Check with Rick at Buckeye Proformance. That's where I picked up my last set.
  13. Condor
    That was one of the best videos I've seen. Very nice job...
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    Ran into that problem on a '99 recently. The entire base had cracked. I wonder if the controller had been hit or bumped somehow?? If does sorta hang out there waiting for something to happen. Although it's not very common.... I think??
  15. Condor
    The bars are 7/8th's and replacement foam sleeves are available if you just need the grips freshened up.
  16. Condor
    Interesting... I'm one of 'those XP'ers', but when I clicked on the link, my version of MS Word converted the file to the older type by removing a few of the newer .docx features (pop up frame explaination) and it displayed OK.
  17. Condor
    Get ahold of Vic... Lone Eagle. He put a harley trunk on his 2005 TD. I think he ended up using the harley bracket mated to the Venture bracket to get things to fit right...
  18. Condor
    Oh oh.... Time for a change of scenery??....
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    Could be your just not getting all the air out of the line leading up to the front caliper. On the later 1300 models Y installed an extra bleader valve at the top of the hump by the triple tree. There was always a problem bleeding the early 1200's. I have found that installing Speed-Bleeders let you pump the pedal without having to build pressure, and move the fluid faster thru the line to get the air out. A lot easier, and a one man job. You may also be sucking air into the lines by using old crush washers?? But they'd also be leaking...
  21. Condor
    One other area that can cause repeated lock ups is a reserve that is too full. Not saying, but it might be worth a look. I had rear lock ups with my '83 when I first bought it. Brake would lock up tighter than a frog's a$$. Rebuilt the whole system, and it turned out to be a plugged expansion hole. If you have a lot of residule crystals in the lines this could cause the thing to be plugged repeatedly. I blew out all the lines... rag over one end... with compressed air to clean them out.. Clutch lines too...
  22. Condor
    The bike certainly looks a lot better with the current baby sitters in the saddle.....
  23. Condor
    On cleaning out the expansion hole the wire from a twist tie will generally get the job done. On the steam coming out of the bleader valve, that is water vapor and the brake fluid needs to be completely flushed from the line and caliper. Do yourself a favor and pick up a set of Speed-Bleeders for the calipers and the clutch slave. The rear caliper will get hot enough to melt the abs plastic of the saddle bag. What might have happened is the master cylinder cup may have been damaged by the heat, and you're not getting a good seal on the cylinder walls.
  24. Condor
    That wire looks like an aftermarket ground that replaced the smaller guage OEM. Rather than use the correct color code they made both cables out of the same color.... Check the other end on the frame just above the water pump to see if it's the same just to make sure...
  25. Condor
    Check the power plug back near the pump since you were working on the trunk. Probably unplugged....
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