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My suggestion would be to replace the front brake line. Also a teardown and rebuild of the front master cylinder would be a good idea. Something is holding pressure in your system, it's either being caused by a breakdown of the rubber brake line, or possibly there's some crud in the master that won't let the pressure off when you release the lever.

 

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Wonder why they reversed the linked front brake in later models? Anyone know?:stumped:

 

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jdfred wrote:

What if I unhooked the brake line going to the capiler and pluged the line off. If the newer bikes only have one front brake I should be able to get by with just one.

JD Fred

Don't do it!:doh:These bikes don't have any brake to spare. These are big, heavy machines that need all the stopping power they can get.

 

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The problem might be that little bleed hole in the caliper cylinder. I posted a query about it a week or so back. When you have the master cylinder off and take off the fitting that goes to the reservoir hose you can see two holes in the bottom of the chamber. One is fairly large and the other looks like a dead end. At the bottom of the dead end there's a very small hole. I had to use a magnifying glass to see the thing and had to work a wire brush bristle in it to clean it out. Anyway if that's plugged up it might contribute to the problem.

 

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Usually if you pull the brake hose sideways a bit and hold it while operating the brake you can feel which caliper gets the pressure. If you put a couple fingers on the caliper and hit the brake levers you should be able to feel which one moves just a little.