Part 3 of #217 of 21J’s new projects

Part 3

I forgot what it felt like to run out of rear brakes and as a result bit the dust big time. The other day while riding at Chalk Bluff and pushing as hard as this old man could I boiled the brakes. I’m a rear brake dragger and actually use the rear brake to help me turn. I had already ordered a solid rear disk rotor for the bike because I’ve been squeaking the brakes for some time, that noise is very distracting.

I’ve also continued to have the stalling issue I contacted Rekluse about it and they said to reconfigure the clutch so it had the high RPM engagement setting then set the idle so the bike creeps a little in gear with the clutch out. I also flushed the brake fluid installed the solid disk rotor along with new pads, now waiting for the next ride to try out the latest settings.

Well the next ride came the solid rear rotor worked although I didn’t push it hard enough to find if it cured the squeaking and fading. It takes a little bit of adjusting to the solid rear rotor it requires a little more pressure on the rear peddle and it’s much harder to lock up the rear brake which is a good thing. It did stall a couple of times and this just may be as good as it gets.

The bike overall works so well and is fun to ride, if I can push it around the tight trails at Chalk Bluff I can ride it anywhere.

I’ll continue riding it and report again later.

Doug 21J