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[twpd]

Originally Posted by AGE996

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

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

[GsxrAge]

Originally Posted by twpd

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