front brake question

[Everett Sloan]

Went to the dealer today saw the 2008, I LIKE the look. But my bike has more character My question is regarding the fairings from the 2008. Side and rear to be precise, any idea if they would fit an older model? They are much nicer looking than the older fairings. The dealer took offense to me asking if I can take off the fairing and "try it on" my bike. Guess hes not a KLR rider himself.

[gmay131313]

Hi Matthew, by description what differs between your front brake and the others you describe that pull back to the hand grip would be that your brake works properly and the others that you tried either need to have the air bled from the line or need the brake line replaced because it is swelling when you apply the brake. With new brake fluid,a new ss line and the brake carefully bled to eliminate all air from the system my front brake engages with a very small amount of travel and provides full braking with not much more travel then that, I've never really checked it but I would suspect well less then 1/2 travel. With the stock line it travelled considerably further by still probably no closer then maybe an inch from the bar ( I 2 finger brake and it never came back to the point where it bottomed out on my fingers) Even with high friction pads, new well bled fluid in a ss line, which is miles better then the stock system I can get as much braking as the front brake is capable of providing using 2 fingers, so on my bike at least you don't have to exert a lot of pressure to get all that available. I'm not sure if you'll find a different profile lever to fit the stock master cylinder setup to allow you to get the lever into a more confortable position for you, but if your problem needing to apply too much force for the amount of braking you're getting maybe your pads are glazed and need to be replaced with a higher friction aftermaket replacement...Have a great night ....Greg --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "rallyrabbit" wrote:

> > Hey- > The closest I can bring my front brake lever to the handgrip is one > inch. The brake works fine, but I would really like to be able to

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> my hand a bit further to give me more leverage for hard stopping. > Other KLRs that I have tried I can bring the lever all the way to the > bar. > First off, how far does your lever travel? > Any idea what would make mine have less travel than others? Any ideas > on how to improve the lever, or any good aftermarket ones? > Thanks, > Matthew >