06-03-13, 06:29 PM
Afternoon all,
First things first, this is a newbie technical post, appreciate any response you have time to give....
Long story short, taxi plus me on my S reg Fz6 equals me on the ground, no major harm done to me or the bike thanks to engine bars, only a front brake lever bent almost totally around at the end. Brake is still working fine and I've been riding no problems. Got a spare front brake lever in the post and was going to fire away and replace. Looked simple enough, one bolt, decided to newbie-proof myself in case it wasn't that simple, don't like messing with brakes....they're kinda important to the whole stopping side of things.
Saw a post online about problems with the little hydraulic plunger popping out when the lever is taken off, brakes locking up afterwards....
Is this something that I can do myself? Am I going to do something stupid and regret it? I'm learning my way around the bike which I have since before xmas but have a long way to go.
As i said, any and all help will be appreciated.
Cheers.
First things first, this is a newbie technical post, appreciate any response you have time to give....
Long story short, taxi plus me on my S reg Fz6 equals me on the ground, no major harm done to me or the bike thanks to engine bars, only a front brake lever bent almost totally around at the end. Brake is still working fine and I've been riding no problems. Got a spare front brake lever in the post and was going to fire away and replace. Looked simple enough, one bolt, decided to newbie-proof myself in case it wasn't that simple, don't like messing with brakes....they're kinda important to the whole stopping side of things.
Saw a post online about problems with the little hydraulic plunger popping out when the lever is taken off, brakes locking up afterwards....
Is this something that I can do myself? Am I going to do something stupid and regret it? I'm learning my way around the bike which I have since before xmas but have a long way to go.
As i said, any and all help will be appreciated.
Cheers.