11-03-22, 09:11 PM
The weather this afternoon was dry and more importantly, the rain last night washed off most the road salt so took a short run to the coast. It was great to get out but found the brakes very poor. I had tried beeswax and also ACF50 when I stored the bike at the end of least year so despite being careful to keep it clear of the brakes I must have managed to contaminate them. I pulled out the pads, removed the calipers and cleaned up everything with brake cleaner. I gave the pads faces a quick soak in cellulose thinners for good luck. I noticed that the pad springs had previously been installed upside down but after double checking, I replaced them per workshop manual. With that, the rain started to fall so will have to wait for another day to test the brakes.