A tad salty today !

[steveg]

Let's hope the acf50 under the crap keeps the finsish ....
BTW what are Triumph brake calipers like for seizing in the winter ? just giving them a wash down with cold water at the mo

Wow carnage

[yorkie_chris]

Better than suzuki ones but not immune

Fairing side----off the road or down the road?

I just rinse mine off with water and a paint brush,wipe your forks down with a bit of rag soaked in WD40 ESPECIALLY ROUND THE BOTTOM

[steveg]

Just off the road , thank goodness , cheers for the tips

I know you have had your sprint for a while , how many times have you stripped brake calipers ?

Cheers Steveg

Never actually stripped them,check the dust seals and just cleaned them up when fitting new brake pads[46K] I am not hard on brakes

[yorkie_chris]

It does not seem to matter if you are rough on brakes whether they seize or not. A jerky rider seems to make them nip up as much as a smooth one.

If they have lasted that long they must be good.

I don't do excessive mileage[5k] and on maintenance checks the pads wear even and no leaks so old adage of leave well enough alone-----I do keep them clean

Due to the mileage on the bike I think my next service will be expensive regarding parts as it will be new chain and sprockets plus a brake overhaul possibly would not go amiss. Plugs and a valve clearance check with a set of new tyres and all the other bits such as filters oil etc will probably come to a good few quid,but hey-ho as I will not be selling, it will be good for another year.

This may seem a strange question but do the older SV's where the rear brake is slung under the swing arm suffer more than the later models where it is mounted above the swing arm?

[yorkie_chris]

They seem about the same, the 1gen catches more crap but the 2gen is a worse caliper design. Whatever the 2gen gains in catching less sh*t it loses out on when the vulnerable and difficult to extract pins seize up.

Either is fine if serviced.

I prefer opposed piston ones TBH. Much better is the 749/996 brembo jobbie which is anodised throughout with coated pistons so does not seize badly at all.

BH that's a sight