Brakes

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Yesterday I took my 94 R1100RS out for a run.  As I have been busy building
a house it was the first time in a couple of months.  It started fine and I
had gone about 4 miles when the bike started to slow down and then stopped
dead in the middle of the road.  The motor was running but the bike would
not budge an inch so I couldn't get off the road. After about a minute I
guess the front brake released and I was able to get home. The left front
caliper was hot and the right front was cold.  I was wondering if this was
just a sticky caliper or is it possible it was ABS related.  I have never
seen brakes stick so hard.  Any suggestions on how to fix this problem?

Dave 


Dave,
Just a couple of weeks ago I had the same precise thing occur w/my '84 R80RT.
 Mr. Cutter, a sometime correspondent to this list, gave me the sage advice to
replace the hose leading to the particular side that was seizing, saying
further that the hose was delaminating inside causing small pieces of rubber
to lodge in the caliper and prevent a release of pressure.

I replaced the hose and the problem disappeared.  I would suggest starting
with hose replacement and then testing the bike at low speeds.  

When the problem occured, I opened the bleed valve on the siezed caliper and
the pressure released.

Best regards,
Murali Levine
'94 R1100RS  40k miles
'84 R80RT  40k miles
'71 R60/5  100k miles 

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