[Ducati] Front brake lock-up

[Ronald Betts]

A friend of mine some time ago was experiencing the same problem on his Kwaker 750 GPZ.  After about a mile or so his rear brake would lock up untill it cooled down and the bike was rolled backwards. I checked everything and found nothing out of the ordinary. So out of desperation we went for a ride with me close behind. I did notice something out of the ordinary in the way he rode with his foot on the rear brake lever. I stopped him and asked him why he was doing this. He said he had never noticed he was riding with his foot on the lever. From what I could tell he had his toe just barely touching the lever but it was enough for the brake to pump up and then of course it got hot and things went to hell from that point. I bent his lever down slightly and he never had another problem. I ride with my first two fingers resting on the front brake lever for the most part, just a habbit I,ve had for ever. I wonder if your diong the same thing and havent noticed it. Like maybe it's just enough to pump up the brakes to the point of lockup from overheating. I've seen stranger things.
 
 
Peace...Ron"Desmohead"Betts 95 900 SPI've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it!> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:57:17 -0700> From: mikielk at gmail.com> To: ducati at ducati.net> Subject: Re: [Ducati] Front brake lock-up> > On 10/16/07, Chris <chris5279 at yahoo.com> wrote:> >> > I was out for a short ride last Saturday and had my front brake on my 2001> > ST4 lock up on me. I wasn't even braking at the time. Fortunately, it> > happened on a straight and came on gradually (a few hundred feet from the> > time I noticed it till I got to the side of the road...almost). I loosened> > the calipers and was able to break it free, re-tightened, and rode 5 miles> > home...slowly!! I haven't had time to take it apart to see what caused it> > but was just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience. Without> > finding an exact cause, I'm a little afraid to ride it.> >> > Thanks,> >> > Chris> > > > This happened to a friend of mine in the first hour of the first day of the> Motogiro two years ago. I was following him out of town and thought I could> smell burning brake or clutch intermittently. About 10 minutes later I saw> smoke coming from my buddy's bike. The rear brake on his rented 900SS> started smoking badly and by the time I got him to pull over the whole disk> was glowing orange. Once he dropped below 20 kph the rear just locked and> he skidded to a stop. Scary. "It doesn't feel like it's making very much> power," my buddy said. "Dude. You're rear brake is on fire," I told him.> We smothered the small fire and called the maintenance truck,> somehow managing to convey our location to them despite their mostly lack of> English and our complete lack of Italian. They arrived and poked around at> the back of the bike. I have no idea what they did to free the brake other> than let it cool. Eventually one of them said to us, "This brake don't> use," and they packed up their truck and drove away. My buddy didn't touch> the rear brake the rest of the trip and the problem never reappeared. We> had ridden a few hundred kilometers the day before this happened with no> problems, and I believe the bike had a few thousand kilometers on the clock> before he took possession of it. There was no evidence of a stone getting> wedged between disk and pad, so I have no idea what caused it.> > That won't solve your problem, but it's an amusing story.> > -- > -Mikiel> '96 900SS/SP "Buttercup"> *****> > Our newest sponsor, MC Stands, has just opened its doors! It's a motorcycle> stand superstore. Every brand, every model, 95% in stock for immediate> shipment. Whether front stands, rear stands, paddock stands, dirt bike> stands, or any kind of stand or lift, MC Stands tests, rates, and discounts> everything they sell. Check them out!> > Visit: http://mcstands.com/> _______________________________________________> Ducati mailing list> Ducati at ducati.net> http://list.ducati.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ducati> Mailto: ronaldebettsasalc0015 at hotmail.com
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