nklr - save the date. yosemite adventure tour, april 30th - may1st,

[Lawrence Borgens]

This event is limited to 100 participants so don't delay! This is the spring Adventure Ride designed especially larger adventure bikes and caters to ALL street legal dual sport motorcycles. This AMA Sanctioned Adventure ride held at the gateway to Yosemite National Park in Buck Meadows California is a two day, GPS based, self-guided event including scenic & historic destinations. Using paved and unpaved roads you'll have approximately 100 miles of fun each day! Dirt routes are approximately 80% dirt. Paved routes are 100% paved. All dirt routes are 2-track gravel and fire roads appropriate for large "Adventure Bikes" and beginners. Advanced riders will find challenges too! This event is operated under permit from the Stanislaus National Forest. For more information click: http://www.familyoffroadadventures.com/YosemiteAdventureTour.asp Join us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/FamilyOffRoad> : http://www.facebook.com/FamilyOffRoad Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/familyoffroad> : http://twitter.com/familyoffroad Happy Trails! Lawrence Borgens Founder cid:image002.jpg@01C80A67.C7C98080 Family Off-Road Adventures "Fun on Two Wheels!" AMA Charter #: 8058 AMA District 36 Dual Sport Liaison 209.649.3633 209.939.0628 (fax) PO Box 8633 Stockton, CA 95208 http://www.familyoffroadadventures.com/> www.familyoffroadadventures.com http://twitter.com/familyoffroad> Twitter Logo for email sig file http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stockton-CA/Family-Off-Road-Adventures/130432 201039?ref=ts> Facebook Logo for email sig file ======================================================== [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[h zerbes]

On 06/03/11 03:25, mark ward wrote:

> One BIG but simple Question, WHERE ARE YOU?? > > One of us may be close by, to lend a hand or have the extra tools, (vaccum) > etc. and could swing by to PHYSICALLY help., (..........make a bigger mess. LOL) > Mark (W. Mi.) > --- On *Fri, 3/4/11, h zerbes //* wrote: >

Thanks for the very kind offer, Mark! I'm in Sydney, Australia, maybe not quite on your way home. But let me know if you are in this neck of the woods one day! Fixed the issue today by running a 5 foot tube that fits over the (cleaned) bleeder valve all the way up above the reservoir. Then opened the valve and pushed the brake fluid back though the caliper into the reservoir. This wasn't enough, though. Still there was no pressure on the lever. Hence I unbolted the caliper and tied it slightly backwards towards the radiator in order to have the brake line as the highest point. There must have been a big bubble somewhere in the piston which wouldn't come with the back flushing method. Now it did. All is well now, although the new pads have no bite yet. Will have to brake them in (pun intended). Since that was so much fun, I replaced the rear fluid as well. 5 min job, or so I thought. This bleeder valve was really clogged, courtesy of the missing cap on that one. Will have to source one now. In the meantime, I put the front cap on it. That was handy, since I forgot to put it on the front valve before installing it... doh! Thanks again for all the help and suggestions! I've put a couple of pics on the group site, under "brake bleeding". Cheers, heinz P.S.: Sorry for messing up the subject line in some previous posts [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]