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You are correct sir. Are you thinking of doing this to your bike? If so, make sure you leave the output side of the new tube loose and bleed there before tightening down. Then finish bleeding at the brake. If you have air in the tube when you install it and tighten it down it can disguise a leak...

The picture that you quote just the rear brake is bypassed. The tube on the right seals off the rear brake inlet / outlet ports of the ABS pump. The tube on the left joins the incoming brake pressure from the pedal to the outgoing tubing to the brake itself. See my earlier post for what it...

Finally got around to doing mine.

Remember that fluid movement in a hydraulic system is pretty minimal, and very small amounts of air are needed to corrupt the system. So the amount of leaking would be minimal - my tray has a bunch of debris in it that's contaminated / glued together by what I'm assuming is hydraulic fluid.

So I just finished and submitted my NHTSA safety notification. Looks like there are currently two other reports as well. I'm not holding my breath, but maybe soem day there'll be enough of a problem that Yam is forced to do something about it. In the meantime, I've ordered tubing and fittings...

Not for long! I have a friend, who’s a vehicle, recall, attorney, and I’m having him help me write my complaint, so that it is the most effective that it can be.

Holy Thread Resurrection! For clarification: Vehicle Safety Defects are, in the United States, reported to NHTSA, not the NTSB. Here's the link. This certainly is a safety issue / defect and if you have had it you should report it. This is how recalls are born, folks. Don't just whine about...

Again: my question is “Is the theory that pushing fluid backward through the ABS motor that it *damages* the ABS unit, or is it simply contaminated and in need of flushing rather than replacement?”

yeah, mine weren’t as I wasn’t aware of the guidance at the time. Does this *Damage* the pump or is this something that merely needs flushing?

I think I might have been unclear. My brakes started acting up last week. Now I have no rear brakes. 87k miles on the bike.

87K miles on an original (first US order) 2012, mine is showing the "no rear brake pedal" sign....

Took loose all the pinch bolts. Then twisted the bars so that the bottom steering head was against the stop, then twisted a bit more until the two steering heads (upper / lower) were aligned. Then tightened everything back up.

Worked. Thanks guys!

Hi Guys. Question: I had a low - speed get off in the rain, afdter which the bike slid front wheel-first into a curb at maybe 10 MPH if that (it was raining, and in a traffic circle. Gotta love diesel!). Anyway, ever since, the steering has seemed "off". The bars seem turned to the left a bit...

So it doesn't have the one thing from the concept I'd have been willing to pay $$$$ for - the aux fuel tank.

There's a guy who has two pretty well-researched pages, one on oil for motorcycles, one for oil filters. He's a V-Strom guy, so that's obviously his focus, but he rates hands down the 14610 as the best filter made for motorcycles right now. Here's the page...

There's a group of us trying to get a group buy together over at ADV. Link: http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=713168