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I think the sealing washers mentioned were on the oil drain bolt, nothing to do with coolant. I think he was referring to the block drain bolt. I personally never use it but know its there and has a copper or Al washer on it :thumbup: Yep I think it's the block drain bolt. It's mentioned in the Hay...

Does anyone know the Honda part number for the 'sealing washers' referenced in the Radiator fluid change procedure? I can't find them anywhere!

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What a magnificent bike! Welcome! Are you part of the ozfirestorm forum as well? There aren't too many of us aussie riders about :-)

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Ok so I've overhauled both calipers, replaced all seals, polished the pistons and they seem to be much better; I no longer have a hot disc and no binding :-) However, I now notice that every now and again when I pull my front brake lever it's very stiff and I get no brake power for a moment - it's l...

I had a similar but less dramatic problem with fluid leaking and just replaced the clutch slave cylinder seals. So far so good and a pretty cheap fix.

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Well I don't actually live in the UK anymore, so can't send them to Jonesy, however I did take apart the 'hot' caliper and pulled the pistons. Sure enough they were almost impossible to remove even under the pressure of the brake system! Had to get some pliers on them with some rubber to protect the...

Hi all, Recently I noticed my front right brake rotor was cool after riding, and the front left was very hot. This indicated my front right pistons were not 'pushing' out properly when braking and sure enough when I pulled it off the bike two of the pistons were very stiff. I managed to clean them u...

Hi all, I recently removed and thoroughly cleaned my carbs. During this time I took it upon myself to also go down in size on my main jets - the previous owner had installed jets that were too large imo. I am now running 185f/190r mains from a DynoJet kit. Question: My fuel mixture seems to be right...

Since putting a braided line, new disc and brembo sintered pads mine feels about twice as strong! I use it now...


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Will do, thanks for the tip!


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All seems good! The new brake setup is HUGELY better than stock - like chalk and cheese!! I have fantastic braking power now :-)


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I got under the bike this morning to take another look. Seems like I've probably had a leak here for ages and never realised. Check out the photo - time to get those parts I think....


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Seems like it must be Dot 4. I still can't see what colour it is and the amount is so small that I can't easily feel what it is, however a tiny bit of black paint rubbed off tonight when I wiped it with a white tissue, which means it's gotta be Dot 4. I think when I pushed the slave cylinder piston ...

Brake fluid and engine oil feel completely different, engine oil slippery, brake fluid sort of dry feeling between your fingers, it would be easy to tell which it is leaking out. if it's engine oil I'd say look first at your clutch pushrod seal. remove the rod and see if you can wipe round inside t...

Just a reminder that the pic is NOT my bike, just a photo I found online whilst at work to illustrate the little notch at the base of the mounting location of the slave cylinder. I thoroughly cleaned my slave cylinder housing and it was nothing near as dirty as the one in that photo. My clutch feels...