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Front brake lever
Ken4004:
Great advice from everyone but please let me know how far you can pull your brake lever back before it becomes difficult so the gap between the handle bars and the lever as I said be for mine geo is around 15 mm just interested to see what gap other people had after bleeding their brakes.
ST1100:
--- Quote from: Laverda Dave on January 14, 2026, 10:37:25 AM ---...I pull the lever back as far as I could and zip tied it to the handlebar, took the reservoir cap off and left it overnight, it worked.
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That, and gently tapping on all the lines and hoses with the (plastic) handle of a screwdriver to dislodge the adhered micro-bubbles in there...
--- Quote ---I'm pretty sure genuine Honda items actually contain steel braiding sandwiched between two layers of rubber and they shouldn't expand.
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Again I concur...
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
--- Quote from: Ken4004 on January 18, 2026, 11:39:28 AM ---Great advice from everyone but please let me know how far you can pull your brake lever back before it becomes difficult so the gap between the handle bars and the lever as I said be for mine geo is around 15 mm just interested to see what gap other people had after bleeding their brakes.
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My 400 has the DS replacement master cylinder, I use Silicone brake fluid, the flexi pipe was new in 2021, the gap between the bar grip and the lever at it's closest point is 4 cms with the lever pulled in hard.
Its a really solid front brake, not spongy.
exvalvesetdabbler:
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At least 15 year old OEM hoses and MC rebuild kit. And using DOT 5 brake fluid
Regards
Dave
Oddjob:
My experience of the inside of the Honda brake lines was that the braiding was not steel, more like nylon or even cotton. It was white looking iirc. I could watch the lines expand under pressure, which is why most got braided stainless steel lines back in the 70s.
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