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March 18, 2006
Stop Right There!
This update brought to you by special requests of Generation Bob and Jonnee's Amerika for greater motorcycle content. By the way Jonnee, many people come to New Mexico to disappear, so you are welcome here. Just stay clear of the Minutemen.
The Morini's brakes have given me trouble for years. After the last time I tore down the brakes and replaced the seals (Minnesota), the RH side still leaked afterward. I had several sets of pistons and seals given to me by friends at Kosman Racing, and at one point (Maryland? Dunsmuir?) I kept the old seals just in case. I think it is time for me to dump all the old inventory (I need those cubic inches in the little plastic parts holding case) and replace the pistons and seals with fresh. For added performance and an abundance of caution I am replacing the 19mm GriMeCa master cylinder with a 14mm.
Brakes are a messy job. The sweet-smelling fluid is sticky and it removes paint quickly. Also, air gets trapped in the various parts and must be "bled" out. Really, it is more like burping than bleeding, but gearheads are far too macho to burp their brakes and clutches. "I am sorry sir, but before your car goes back on the road, the brakes must be burped." In any case, for a normal mechanic it would not be anything resembling a full-day job, but for me it will be.
The parts arrived yesterday (thank you Storz Performance, once more you have proven yourself reliable; I am looking forward to building up my XR750 repli-roadracer with your products and Jonnee has been bugging me to reveal in greater detail what my plans are for it), and I am penciling in Sunday as the big day. A project like this will require me to put the garage into greater order than it is now. Hence my excuse to put the brakes in sooner than later.
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