K11 Owners Group

Phil Marvin · Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:15 am Post subject:

Hi, Terry,
When I rode K1100LT's, I never had any air in the system, so I only ever had to change the fluid, not purge the brake system of air. That said, each year I changed the fluid. I would bleed first at the modulator, then at the caliper. It didn't matter if I did fronts or rears first, but I did modulator first, then caliper(s). I do the same today with the K75's - all mine have ABS.
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Phil Marvin in El Paso, TX
'94 K75A/3
'95 K75RTP

Terry in Australia · Joined: 22 Oct 2009 Posts: 3 Location: MELBOURNE

Thanks guys, I sucked out the brake fluid at the calipers using the Mityvac, it removed a fair bit of fluid (not to mention little bits of rubber that had apparently come away from the insides of my lines.........) so there probably is air in the system, so I'll bleed the modulator, then work back to the calipers.

I love the new Mityvac, it's so much cleaner than my old "hose and bottle" system. Cheers, Terry. Twisted Evil

Scott_Anderson · Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:51 pm Post subject:

If your getting rubber bits from your lines, I'd suggest some new ones before you go too far.
If the lines are deteriorating and loosing pieces, that also means that they will be geting thinner and easier to swell under pressure or burst.
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1995 K1100LT 0302044
2017 FLHTK Ultra Limited
Garmin StreetPilot 2820
Garmin Zumo 550
Garmin Zumo XT
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1997 K1100LT 0302488(R.I.P.)
1997 R1100RT ZC62149(sold)

Terry in Australia · Joined: 22 Oct 2009 Posts: 3 Location: MELBOURNE