996 rear brake
 

I fitted new rear pads to mine the other day and the rear brake had a good hard peddle but yeasterday on my track day the rear brake gave up working. when I got off track I had a look at it and the brake did work but right at the bottom of it's stroke.

There is plenty of brake fluid in it.

do you guys think it just needs bleeding ? if so why has it gone like it has. I did have a new master cylinder last year and the piston seems like it is returning after brake is applied, there is also no leaks as I can see.


Any thoughts on this would be appriciated as I don't understand why it should go like it has !!

Thanks

Age

the main problem with the ducati rear brake is that its located so close to the exhuast, and so gets hot, effecting performance. all you can really do is make sure its got fresh fluid and its bled up ok. mine often goes the same way.

i ridewith a preferance for using the rear brake, it can help change your line when things goe wrong, ive just learned to cope and not depend on it

so you think the fluid boild ?

Will a higher DOT number cure this ?

I know rear duke brakes are a pile of poo but it nice feeling a hard peddel !

Age

i really dont know but i wouldnt think higher dot fluid would do it, what would give you a bake brake is one or those little handle bar jobbies.

plenty of folding though

No it won't really help much - I found this out to my cost with boiling front brakes on my SV650 race bike. Tbh you shouldn't need to be using the rear on the track on the much although you might actually be dragging the rear slightly without knowing about it. It's probably worth bleeding the brake again to make sure there's no air in it.

If you're braking hard enough the rear wheel will be airborne anyway ;)

It was in the air !!

It's nice coming into a bend knowing you have a hard rear peddel under your foot !

Front lever was coming back to the bar after 4 laps so had to adjust the lever span !

Age