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Author Topic: It's got a master cylinder bleeder, nice!  (Read 882 times)

CrashCash

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It's got a master cylinder bleeder, nice!
« on: January 01, 2015, 02:53:10 PM »

There's a bleeder valve on the front brake master cylinder. That's the first time I've seen that on a street bike.

You usually need it only if the master cylinder is dry and has no fluid in it at all (like if you're putting on new brake lines or a caliper you've rebuilt) but when you need it, it sure does save your butt from a nasty session of bench bleeding, and spraying fluid all over the place trying to just crack the banjo open a bit to let the air out.

That's pretty upscale. I've usually achieved the same effect by replacing the banjo bolt with one that has a bleeder in it.
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Re: It's got a master cylinder bleeder, nice!
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2015, 09:12:07 PM »

You are right!.  A great idea and that looks like a nice master cylinder reservoir. I don't think even BMW has a bleeder valve like that on their front brake reservoir - although they do have more colorful brake fluid.   ;)   Zero sure made some nice chassis improvements for 2015.   :)
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