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Johnny4428:
Front brake had a good service, master cylinder stripped and new kit fitted, (still don’t have circlip pliers that will fit inside the unit but didn’t stop me getting it out) new seal and pads and Caliper had a couple of coats of acrylic satin. Filled up with Dot5 and bled. Rear end tomorrow. Pleased with the new keys from DS too. Was sure the one and only key I had was going to snap in one of the locks.

Laverda Dave:
Looks like you caught the piston just in time Johnny, one more winter and it may have siezed in there :(.
Thanks for the reminder about the keys, I only have one and I know it's waiting to play hide & seek and will go missing the day I come to start the bike!

Johnny4428:
Yes it was actually seized in but didn’t take a big tap to get it out Dave. Strangely no sign of any brake fluid! Must have been drained at some point. Reservoir was as clean as a whistle. Yes hate the idea of only having one key!

andy120t:
I was in Wickes today and they have a key-cutting machine. Pop your key in, it's scanned and then cut. We didn't try it. It's not a big machine though so, given how many blanks exist I wonder how far a small key-cut kiosk will reach. Probably not to classic bikes!?

Johnny4428:
If you get the proper blank Andy don’t think there’s anything complex about the cuttings. Think I would have a go with a file set!😜

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