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Front brake lever
Bryanj:
Tricky, the abs light is frequently a wheel sensor covered in crap or failing, trouble is you may need an expensive scanner to tell you which one!
Ken4004:
Thank you got everyone’s input, I will try pulling back the lever and leaving it overnight as suggested by Dave and see what difference that makes.
As I said previously and people have commented on is the fact that I am comparing a 50 year old bike with a modern bikes brakes , things have come along way in 50 years.
Bryanj:
Oh yes, go and see if you can ride a Triumph T110 from 59 then you will never complain about the 400 again!
Seabeowner:
To bleed the brakes I always remove the top of the reservoir and rubber diaphragm and just pull the lever back quite small amounts a few times in fairly quick succession. BUT you have to be be gentle to ensure the fluid does not shoot out. The bubbles will appear. Turn the handle bars full lock the other way and keep repeating. I didn't get any success with just pulling the lever right back. But did have one that still had what I thought was too much movement and fitted another spare M/C to improve it.
Laverda Dave:
--- Quote from: Ken4004 on January 17, 2026, 09:27:09 AM ---Thank you got everyone’s input, I will try pulling back the lever and leaving it overnight as suggested by Dave and see what difference that makes.
As I said previously and people have commented on is the fact that I am comparing a 50 year old bike with a modern bikes brakes , things have come along way in 50 years.
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The best way will be to pull the lever back and whilst you do so open the bleed nipple and then close it whilst keeping the lever pulled back. Once the nipple is closed allow the lever to return and then pull it back to the handlebar, zip tie it overnight but make sure you wrap a cloth around the handgrip otherwise the zip tie will cut into it.
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