Bandit woes

[Six30]

works on bikes to....

 

 

[onesea]

3 hours ago, Six30 said:

works on bikes to....

 

 

Still recon and old British seagull outboard would, render them useless.

Even as young child I can recall dad cursing it if it did not go first pull.

Mind you cannot complain that's how I learned to pull start an outboard.

Hand and fingers clear of rotating fly wheel hand over back of for wheel to hold it board down.

Having wrapped cord around flywheel stand up balancing in 10' dinghy.

Pull starter cord and curse.

Then again that's how I ended up driving a rib (a 40 mph speed boat) with manual start 40hp  on the back at 11 years old, without adults on board. How ever I was delivering beer between them

Will I was the only sober one 

[smallfrowne]

Just to chime in weeks after the event...

I had an issue with the rear brake on my bike a few years ago. Going along at national speed it stuck on but the bike just felt suspiciously sluggish, then when I came to a complete stop the restart was obviously even more suspicious, setting off with the handbrake on always does feel odd. It stank. The brake had seen a good thrashing and I assumed the rubber seals in the caliper had a right good baking. I stopped to let it cool down and see if I could free it off, but just by waiting it freed off. The seals didn't actually completely die and leak but I replaced them anyway. It did it again.

In the end I think it was due to a spec of some rotten detritus in the master cylinder. There are two little holes which I presume allows brake fluid to flow in and out of the system from the reservoir, one of which had this bit of a blockage - the hole was tiny anyway. I think maybe if the return hole was blocked then hot expanding brake fluid wasn't allowed to go anywhere except to push the pistons out and the brake on. Does this sound about right anyone?

Anyway. Could it be something like this? On my bike it was something that happened only on occasion, I think it happened one other time previously as well but sorted itself out no drama (so maybe 3 times total), but after removing that spec of dust it hasn't happened since.