My front brakes are Sh1t

[darrsi]

They were Goodridge lines that failed, although in all fairness i have no idea how long they were on the bike as they were on it when i bought it?
The bike's 12 years old now so for all i know they could've been put on straight away?
There were no leaks at all, and nothing visual because of the metal braiding and plastic covering, so it was obviously an internal problem somewhere?
It's only because i was chatting about it to a couple of mates that they suggested maybe it's the lines, so after a bit of thinking about it i decided to give it a go, but i was in no way expecting it to work!


The front end of my bike is like 'Triggers' broom in Only Fools And Horses, it's theoretically 12 years old, but i've changed every part of it.

[Oxygen]

Maybe the pad itself is contaminated with oil or some such. Change the pads to rule that out. It's a good start point.

[noggythenog]

Ive had my bike into the garage for new pads and fluid, they feel slightly better now,


Interestingly the garage owner said that he thought they felt fine so perhaps it was all in the mind but i just expected more, only thing left is to compare against another fazer sometime.


Still glad i got them changed as the existing pads were all different makes apparently,also ive still got a while to bed them in so fingers crossed.

[Deefer666]

Update on the brakes so far.
Fitted new sintered sbs pads on Tuesday, only done 20 odd miles so far but they do seem to have better bite, hard to tell yet as I'm bedding them in.
Fitted new HEL braided lines and fluid today and to be honest I'm not that impressed. Haven't taken it out yet but the lever is only very slightly less spongy at best.
I know that leaves the master cylinder, but is it likely to need re furbed at 10,000 miles, although it is 14 year old?
I cant get my head round how caliper piston seals could make that much of a difference, especially when they don't leak.

Given the choice I never fit HEL Lines to  customers bike and normally go for Venhill lines instead. I find HEL dont line the banjos up very well and you end up having to twist the line to get it to fit.

[green_rider]

I fitted HEL lines to the bike and redid the brakes. Left the lever cable tied overnight and the brakes were very sharp, sharpest of any bike i've ridden!

[Dead Eye]

Update on the brakes so far.
Fitted new sintered sbs pads on Tuesday, only done 20 odd miles so far but they do seem to have better bite, hard to tell yet as I'm bedding them in.
Fitted new HEL braided lines and fluid today and to be honest I'm not that impressed. Haven't taken it out yet but the lever is only very slightly less spongy at best.
I know that leaves the master cylinder, but is it likely to need re furbed at 10,000 miles, although it is 14 year old?
I cant get my head round how caliper piston seals could make that much of a difference, especially when they don't leak.

Given the choice I never fit HEL Lines to  customers bike and normally go for Venhill lines instead. I find HEL dont line the banjos up very well and you end up having to twist the line to get it to fit.

What do you mean by the banjos dont line up very well? I've fitted HEL lines (front and rear) to mine and at a guess im assuming you are talking about the double banjo coming at the front master cylinder? Everything was fine with my setup though...