The bike is my 91 Katana 600.
The front brakes work great. However I'm not satisfied with the 'lever feel'. In other words I was sitting on a new 06 Kat not too long ago and noticed how the lever was solid after very little travel. My lever takes a good bit more 'pull' before the brakes engage.
Pumping the lever up does NOT improve the travel.
What's been done to the front brake system:
-Stock calipers cleaned up and rebuilt
-Installed speedbleeders
- EBC HH pads
- HEL braided 2 line system (eliminating the splitter)
- Master cylinder from a low-mile 2006 Katana.
I have bled / flushed it repeatedly. I have tied the lever in overnight, once with a the master cylinder cap, once with it on. No difference.
I did crack the lines loose at the master cylinder and try to bleed the master cylinder.
I even tried a Mityvac on the system last night:
Pulled vacuum on the pump, hooked the line up, then cracked the speedbleeder open. There seemed to be some TINY TINY air bubbles that came out at first, but then just fluid.
I have tapped, banged, etc on lines and calipers in case there was air trapped anywhere...same result.
What's next?
Replace the master cylinder?
And to make sure people understand what I'm saying...
The lever isn't "mushy"...it just goes back without much resistance at all for a good bit, THEN it bites with good feel and solid brakes.
The front brakes work great. However I'm not satisfied with the 'lever feel'. In other words I was sitting on a new 06 Kat not too long ago and noticed how the lever was solid after very little travel. My lever takes a good bit more 'pull' before the brakes engage.
Pumping the lever up does NOT improve the travel.
What's been done to the front brake system:
-Stock calipers cleaned up and rebuilt
-Installed speedbleeders
- EBC HH pads
- HEL braided 2 line system (eliminating the splitter)
- Master cylinder from a low-mile 2006 Katana.
I have bled / flushed it repeatedly. I have tied the lever in overnight, once with a the master cylinder cap, once with it on. No difference.
I did crack the lines loose at the master cylinder and try to bleed the master cylinder.
I even tried a Mityvac on the system last night:
Pulled vacuum on the pump, hooked the line up, then cracked the speedbleeder open. There seemed to be some TINY TINY air bubbles that came out at first, but then just fluid.
I have tapped, banged, etc on lines and calipers in case there was air trapped anywhere...same result.
What's next?
Replace the master cylinder?
And to make sure people understand what I'm saying...
The lever isn't "mushy"...it just goes back without much resistance at all for a good bit, THEN it bites with good feel and solid brakes.
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