oopppsss no front brakes

[revhead]

hadnt really ridden the bus anywere since june ,so i thought take it to work ,didnt that turn out to be fun i have some twisties up the end of my road was gunning along ,well under the speed limit, went for a hand full of front brake ,hmmmmmmmm nothing there ,fly like a jumbo through the 4 tight bend ,get onto the little straight after the bends stand bike up jump on rear brake ,shit stop sign coming up faster then bike stopping ,look left look right ,lay bike to the right ,breath a sigh, then bike slows enough to relize im still alive and upright ,cool shit

im running a 2013 zx14 radial master hell braided lines, tlr front calipers,

i pulled the whole front braking system off the bike stripped it to nothing what i found was 1x $1.10 cooper crush wash had shat itself,so i replaced 7x cooper crush washers ,brakes now stop bike again ,

[Dan85]

sounds like you may need to replace your seat material aswell after that......

[big kev]

TL brakes are pure crap mate you have gone backwards with that mod in my book , my brake mod works perfectly ,

[Shifu]

These copper crush washers need to be replaced every time you take the joint apart as they get work hardened during the tightening and will not seal again.
There is a little trick you can use though if in a desperate situation. File both sides of the washer flat (piece of emery on a flat surfase works perfect) as they tend to get thicker at the edges due to tightening. Then heat the washer until it starts glowing red (gas stove flame is fine) and drop it into a cold water. That anneals the material so it is soft again and you can safely re-use it many times if you have enough thickness.

[Tony Nitrous]

I class the copper washers as consumables.
Not to be re-used, but that's just me.

Are TLR calipers just Tokico 6 plops ?

[BikerBoy]

aah, I see the problem. You're using a Kawasaki part on a Suzuki.
That's like mixing brown rice with white rice...it doesn't work. See.. I get Asian stuff.
Replace with a Suzuki part and ya should be good to go....or stop....or do both, and keep the front stopped, but not the back.
either way, just avoid mixing the brown and whites together.

Sorry.....had to be done.

[revhead]

TL brakes are pure crap mate you have gone backwards with that mod in my book , my brake mod works perfectly ,

are with the 6 pots and the radial master the brakes would just boil the fluid and would just feel wooden

with the 4 pots it pulls up that quick ,if i was as good as boxer i could do a 1 k long stoppy there that good
if i do the mono block conversion il do the whole front end but at present its actually feeling better then before they failed ,