1200 brake fluid..... What to buy?

[Martin Duke]

Originally Posted by Mr Gazza

You do need to be very careful not to adjust out too much freeplay on the earlier Monsters. Not sure if that would also be the case on the current models?

I carefully removed nearly all the freeplay out of my M900ie brake lever for the very first ride out. I learned the hard way that it needs a good gap, or else the brake slowly binds up and locks the back wheel. Frustrating for me a few miles from home on back lanes, but not so funny for those who had this happen on the Motorway!!

Absolutely agree with this - I made the same mistake on my Cagiva Raptor once, believe me, when the back wheel locks up of its own accord it isn't very funny!

I was lucky and just had to wait for the disc and pads to stop sizzling before they freed up enough to get home and sort it out. What is important and worth getting right is the lever
position, this can make all the difference to the rear brake operation - get it right and the improvement is really noticeable.

Martin