I'll get mine on here later...

Mine is an 04 749s purchased November 2004 last six digits of the frame number are 003690.

I've never owned anything later than a 2001 ST, but on the these bikes the brake and clutch lever have a large grub screw near the pivot. It looks for all the world as if you can use this to adjust the lever span but this is a mistake, because if you adjust it too far the master cylinder piston doesn't return far enough to let brake fluid return and the brakes effectively 'pump up' until they lock.

Since, somebody mentioned 'grub screw' earlier on in this thread could it be a similar problem?

I know the 749/999 have a different master cylinder and I've never really bothered to look that closely at them so I could be talking rubbish

Front brake has "dial" for adjustment so the grub screw theory may or may not be relevant.
I know on the superlight it had a small plastic insert between the adjuster and the cylinder plunger.

Your getting confused with the span adjuster and the screw that takes up slack in the lever before pumping the fluid.

my details are

registered march 2004

binned feb 2005

frame no ends in 002616

interesing to see tf's conclusion on the matter...!!!

i can see d.i jack frost getting in on this one?:lol:

you may have radials on yours ..
but you may have the same lever and master cylnder.....!!!!!!!
you say you of to spain too....!!!!
are you the next guy.........:puzzled::puzzled::puzzled:

british hospital food is one thing...!!!

spanish hospital food , well thats another.........:barfy::barfy::barfy:

Yep, Pete has had exactly the same problem as me. Front brakes locked, bike went down. I forgot to get my frame number last night, so I'll have to do that later.

Scary stuff huh?


My thoughts exactly...