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The '93 900SS I just got has awesome front brakes, but the lever is a long reach and there is very little travel (like almost none!) in the lever before they bite hard. The combination of the long reach and almost no travel makes it hard to modulate. Tonight I had someone make a left turn right in front of me and grabbed too much front and howled the front tire, which is easy to do when you've got hardly any travel to full brakes.
The bike has a slave cylinder, and the levers aren't adjustable. I know the brakes has fresh pads and just had a full service. Is it something as simple as just taking a little fluid out of the front master cylinder? Is there a way to move the lever in closer, or do I just need to put adjustable levers, like the ones my 900FE has? On on hand I love the immediate power, but it makes any sort of panic stop way too exciting! If I had to brake quickly in the rain this would not end well.
The bike has a slave cylinder, and the levers aren't adjustable. I know the brakes has fresh pads and just had a full service. Is it something as simple as just taking a little fluid out of the front master cylinder? Is there a way to move the lever in closer, or do I just need to put adjustable levers, like the ones my 900FE has? On on hand I love the immediate power, but it makes any sort of panic stop way too exciting! If I had to brake quickly in the rain this would not end well.