Speed Bleeders and You

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  1. TLR67

    TLR67 Cheers!
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    :lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao:

    Dont forget your 55 tooth rear sprocket for wheelie Hill..... I might even have Rodney come just to keep a eye on you...
     
  2. VernLux

    VernLux Knows an apex

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    Since I'm riding a 600 at R.A., I've requested that they put up a speed limit sign on the straight between T7 and 10A...........140MPH max.......that way y'all on the liter bikes don't suck the rattle can paint off of my bike when you go past me! :lmao::lmao::lmao:
     
  3. K3

    K3 What's an apex?

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    Just wondering. Since the speedy bleeding part of Speed Bleeders is a check ball and spring that only work during the bleeding operation, how would you be at risk if they failed? When locked closed, they're just like regular bleeder screws, right?
     
  4. Zepp

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    Correct!!! The only problem I've seen is that every once in a while, after many, many times of bleeding, you have to add some more thread compound to the threads, because you have cracked them open and closed a number of times. This is no different than anything else that is hydraulic or pneumatic that uses teflon tape on the threads or sealant. Every once in a while I will just reapply some more thread compound to the threads.

    The speed bleeders work very well.
     
  5. dmason53

    dmason53 What's an apex?

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    Thread sealant is different from thread lock, like Locktite?
     
  6. Zepp

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    Yes, It's a speed bleeder sealant, not loctite.

    The speed Bleeders come with a sealant around the threads when new, you might have to reapply some sealant once in a while, it's quick and easy.
     
  7. dmason53

    dmason53 What's an apex?

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    Where does one acquire it?
     
  8. Zepp

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    STG sells it. It's like $13 a bottle and it will last a LONG time.
     
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  10. dmason53

    dmason53 What's an apex?

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    Thanks for the contribution! So far the simple method of loosen-pump-tighten-release has always given me a "one finger lever" on the track... But I'm slow!
     
  11. Moto_joe

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    you might be surprised :D, especially as you start to ask more of your brakes.
     
  12. dmason53

    dmason53 What's an apex?

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    Uh-oh!!!

    Will you be at Putnam this weekend? I'd like to see some of your bleeding technique explained in person. I read others' questions and your answers and I'm still a little fuzzy...
     
  13. dmason53

    dmason53 What's an apex?

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    Also, I'm a little embarrassed to ask, but...

    My GSX-R600 is the first bike I've owned to have a bleeder at the master cylinder. Do I bleed there as well as the calipers every time? Is the technique any different?
     
  14. Moto_joe

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    Sorry, I dont go quite that far north.

    Yes, the technique at the master cylinder is the same.

    I really need to do it on video for people. I keep intending to LOL
     
  15. dmason53

    dmason53 What's an apex?

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    Please do the video!

    Maybe I'll catch you at Barber sometime.
     
  16. Moto_joe

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    I will be there later this year for sure :thumbup:
     

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