K11 Owners Group

[quadrabrick]

I will be touring down to visit friends near Vallejo around April 1st and can't finish all my service work here before leaving. No one can service the bike here for me as well. I'd like to get the brakes bled. Is there an independant shop near Vallejo or the Bay area that can do a pressure bleed on my K1100LT? I tend to avoid BMW shops.
Thanks, Brent
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'93 K1100 LT
'80 Honda CX500 Custom (8000 kil.)

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[Shoganai]

[Sonu]

If you still need an independent shop to do this for you I'd recommend Ted Porter. http://www.beemershop.com/

I've been taking my bike there for a couple of years now and am very happy with their service. He has a very solid reputation.

He's in Scotts Valley which is about 1.5hrs south of Vallejo. The ride down Hwy 17 itself will be worth the trip. Watch out for cops though.

Sanjiv
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[quadrabrick]

Thanks to you both.Thanks Shoganai. I am capable of bleeding my brakes. It's just that I don't have the time and I may have got a touch of air in there when I rebuilt the master cyclinder. From what I read, It is hard to get the air out from an ABS bike without a pressure or vacuum bleeder. I may try it still. i can't remember which member passed this on, but I redid the cylinder by putting shims in the calipers, and then at the end of it all, forced the pads apart toforce fluid back into the cylinder. There was a cm of fluid in there when I finished and I have lots of brke. But the feel is a bit softer. Brent
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'93 K1100 LT
'80 Honda CX500 Custom (8000 kil.)

www.pbase.com/henryimages

[quadrabrick]

Sonu. Have you heard of Billy Peck near the SF airport? He used to work for CalSport, or someplace sounding like that.
Brent
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'93 K1100 LT
'80 Honda CX500 Custom (8000 kil.)

www.pbase.com/henryimages

[Shoganai]

[quadrabrick]

The other reason for bleeding is to flush the system each year, where there may not be any air present. I knew I could bleed for this purpose without a pressure bleeder. I didn't know it was effective for getting air out. I thought pressure or vacuum was necessary. I may try it if I can find the time. Thanks, Brent
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'93 K1100 LT
'80 Honda CX500 Custom (8000 kil.)

www.pbase.com/henryimages

[Shoganai]

[quadrabrick]

One thing I know for sure is that my ABS, front and rear, are both faulty!
Brent
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'93 K1100 LT
'80 Honda CX500 Custom (8000 kil.)

www.pbase.com/henryimages

[Flying Duck]

I've only needed to refill twice. That was on a K100RS4V which has similar brakes to a 93 K11. That was a while ago but here goes:

It depends upon where you think the air might be.

Master cylinder bore: Position the master cylinder so that the hole on top of the bore is the highest point and squeeze the lever slowly. If the cap is off squeeze it VERY SLOWLY or the fluid will squirt out. You should see some bubbles. Whatever you do, place lots of rags under the master to protect your paint job.

You might need to turn the front wheel and possibly rotate the right perch on the bars to do this. There's a 4mm(?) bolt on the back of the perch that clamps the assembly in place on the bars.

I think what I did for the line(s) to the calipers on those was to remove the calipers and fork brace and hold them as high as possible. Then push the fuild through with half applications of the front brake lever.

The key in either case is gving the air a chance to come to top and bleeding it out at the highest point.

If you do remove the calipers then put something in between the pads on both calipers to keep them apart before squeezing. Otherwise you'll have to push the pads out which can push fluid past the seal in the master cylinder if done too quickly. DAMHIK. It leaked after that for a few hundred miles but eventually cured itself which was a relief as I didn't want to have to do a rebuild.

I bleed mine every year usually but I think two years is an acceptable interval unless your bike spends a lot of time in the rain.
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Maybe we should change the oft used DAMHIK to IDIOT or I Did It One Time......


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