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Hi all, I think I might know the answer behind this issue but just wanted to reach out and see if anyone else has experienced this.
I bought some Ducabike levers, LEA02 which are designed for the 998 series master cylinders. I replaced the stock levers with these last night and did a short little spin around the block and everything felt good. This morning I rode into work and everything felt fine until I reached the front gate of where I work and I noticed that the front brake felt like it had lost some travel, not a lot but definitely felt a little different. I made it about another 700 feet before the bike just comes a complete stop. Luckily I was moving along at about 5 mph so it wasn't violent or anything, just a slow down and then no more forward movement.
All I could do was a burnout if I kept giving it throttle and letting the clutch out; the front brakes were totally locked up. After blocking traffic there for about 15 minutes while a friend brought me a 10mm socket and flat head to remove the brake lever the brakes loosened up some and I was able to idle out of the way into a parking lot.
I'm wondering if the lever was possibly dragging some the entire ride in (about 10-11 miles around 50mph or so) or something of that nature and causing the front to lock up slowly? I'm for sure going back to the old levers but I'd like to solve this in my mind just for curiosity sake.
I bought some Ducabike levers, LEA02 which are designed for the 998 series master cylinders. I replaced the stock levers with these last night and did a short little spin around the block and everything felt good. This morning I rode into work and everything felt fine until I reached the front gate of where I work and I noticed that the front brake felt like it had lost some travel, not a lot but definitely felt a little different. I made it about another 700 feet before the bike just comes a complete stop. Luckily I was moving along at about 5 mph so it wasn't violent or anything, just a slow down and then no more forward movement.
All I could do was a burnout if I kept giving it throttle and letting the clutch out; the front brakes were totally locked up. After blocking traffic there for about 15 minutes while a friend brought me a 10mm socket and flat head to remove the brake lever the brakes loosened up some and I was able to idle out of the way into a parking lot.
I'm wondering if the lever was possibly dragging some the entire ride in (about 10-11 miles around 50mph or so) or something of that nature and causing the front to lock up slowly? I'm for sure going back to the old levers but I'd like to solve this in my mind just for curiosity sake.