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GS1100 automatic front brake!

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Hello from over the pond! Wales to be exact.

I?ve been searching the forum for info about a couple of problems with my GS1100 (an Italian import in very good condition but I have no idea how long it had been standing). Basically I?ve had the petrol (gas!) in the engine problem due to the screwdriver petcock thing and the front brake sticking/coming on as you ride thing. Anyway having red previous posts I took the reservoir top and the reservoir itself to expose the pin hole sized ? there was some dirt around and I cleaned what I could and used a thin copper wire on the tiny hole. Either the hole is clogged fast or the wire too thick I don?t know but it didn?t want to go in.

Anyway, what I want to know is if I dismantle the master cylinder and clean the piston etc will I be able to put everything back together OK or should I buy a parts kit and replace items etc first? I have a couple of days to have a go but will need to use the bike soon after for a longish trip.

Thanks.

PS The rectifier/regulator was buggered too but I?m currently running the bike on a ?4 (7$) 35A bridge rectifier using 2 phases from the alternator only. The battery is being overcharged a bit and undercharged a bit with the lights on but its working fine until I get a replacement. Anybody else tried this as a cheap temporary fix?
 
You can get a rebuild kit from Suzuki, I bought one last year.
With that hole, try thin fuse wire.
It would pay to clean up the caliper's to,Make shure you clean up the caliper bolt's and apply a little bit of hi-temp grease.
 
gspaul said:
You can get a rebuild kit from Suzuki, I bought one last year.
With that hole, try thin fuse wire.
It would pay to clean up the caliper's to,Make shure you clean up the caliper bolt's and apply a little bit of hi-temp grease.
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Cheers mate - calipers are fine and came apart easily. I put a bit of copperslip on the bolts. I think the problem is that blocked hole. If I bleed a little fluid from one of the caliper nipples then its fine for a while. But gradually the brake lever stiffens up and loses its free play and the brake starts dragging - sometimes really bad.

PS I'be been to Aus 3 times now - if only I had discovered the place 15 years ago!! :-)
 
Sound's like the return hole then, but the rebuil kit will help, these bike's are getting pretty old.
So are we going to have another Welshman living in Australia?
 
gspaul said:
Sound's like the return hole then, but the rebuil kit will help, these bike's are getting pretty old.
So are we going to have another Welshman living in Australia?
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lol sadly not - getting old at 43!!

Yup the bikes 25 years old and that 25 years has been kinder to the bike than me!! Fantastic though - its the 4th 1100 I've had (been 4 years since the last) but only the 2nd 1074cc sit up and beg version which I prefer ;-)
 
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