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04-17-2009, 04:45 PM
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Superbike Twin
Member #16350
Posts: 132
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Winchester, CA
Sportsbike: 2000 TL1000R
Riding Experience: 10yr
Pictures: 3
Life Wasted on TLZone: 4 Days and 1:50:27 Hours
Mong00se
learning your ways
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Brake fluid
After buying new tires on Monday, I figured since I have the wheel off I would clean out the brake system. Check out what I found.....
 
I didn't even know brake fluid can become a solid?! Before everyone says I told you so, I only bought this bike a couple of months ago so I am getting around to all the maintenance! Here is after a little work on the calipers.
 
Now I just have to hope that someone has seals that are not crazy expensive..........
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04-17-2009, 05:00 PM
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remember to cover the rear brake
Member #13565
Posts: 466
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: glen rock P.A , southern york county
Sportsbike: 2003 tl1000r
Riding Experience: 2 yrs riding
Pictures: 4
Life Wasted on TLZone: 2 Weeks, 3 Days and 22:00:58 Hours
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it looks like you where eating peanut butter and jelly and droped a big load of jelly in there 
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04-17-2009, 06:25 PM
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Superbike Twin
Member #16350
Posts: 132
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Winchester, CA
Sportsbike: 2000 TL1000R
Riding Experience: 10yr
Pictures: 3
Life Wasted on TLZone: 4 Days and 1:50:27 Hours
Mong00se
learning your ways
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Yeah.., now that its all cleaned out I'm probably going to go over the bars the first time I try to use the brakes. It was pretty gross stuff.........
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04-17-2009, 08:28 PM
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AMA Pit Boss
Member #2388
Posts: 4,257
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Michigan
Sportsbike: Green '97 TL1000S; '73 Goose; 1999 TTR250 (street legal)
Riding Experience: 21 years - street
Pictures: 0
Life Wasted on TLZone: 2 Weeks, 6 Days and 6:59:01 Hours
pmmonster
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Wow. I thought my rear caliper was nasty after 10 years of ownership. It wasn't even close to that though... maybe because I do change the brake fluid from time to time. If I were you I would basically strip everything down to check for (lack of) maintenance after seeing that. 
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Penske, 6 piston brakes, fighter, airbox, breather mod...
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04-19-2009, 09:54 AM
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Superbike Twin
Member #16350
Posts: 132
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Winchester, CA
Sportsbike: 2000 TL1000R
Riding Experience: 10yr
Pictures: 3
Life Wasted on TLZone: 4 Days and 1:50:27 Hours
Mong00se
learning your ways
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It was amazing the stuff I found on this poor bike. I am a helo mechanic with a touch of OCD  so once I got started I couldn't stop. I've replaced all fluids, plugs, removed stock fuel filter and installed external one, etc. I also found that the cooling fluid was left in the bike so long it separated into a solid inside the over flow tank! WTF?! She is on her way to recovery now. If I had an endless flow of funds I would love to buy a set of brand new flawless stock blue and white plastics straight from Suzuki. I do have a question though. What do you guys think would be the best way to flush the lines, m/c, and res? I was thinking of taking off the lines and flushing them with a syringe but not sure on m/c and res.
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04-19-2009, 01:13 PM
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Silver Subscriber
Member #1366
Posts: 4,625
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Switzerland
Sportsbike: TL1000S
Riding Experience: Since 1999
Pictures: 0
Life Wasted on TLZone: 3 Weeks, 6 Days and 5:39:35 Hours
rufer
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Perhaps the previous owner used a little bit too much assembly grease? Looks really ugly.
Greetings
Rufer
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04-26-2009, 09:04 PM
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Baby Twin
Member #16832
Posts: 29
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: nh usa
Sportsbike: sweet tlr
Riding Experience: more all the time
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Life Wasted on TLZone: 1 Day and 6:02:10 Hours
bulltlr
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my calipers looked like that after tering them down and cleaning them up i just bled dot 5 synth fluid through them until i just saw the dot 5 which was purple you should change the clutch fluid also if you havent already
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04-27-2009, 04:22 AM
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Silver Subscriber
Member #1366
Posts: 4,625
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Switzerland
Sportsbike: TL1000S
Riding Experience: Since 1999
Pictures: 0
Life Wasted on TLZone: 3 Weeks, 6 Days and 5:39:35 Hours
rufer
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Our brake systems are not made for DOT5. DOT4 and DOT5.1 is what you want.
Greetings
Rufer
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2x TL1000SW, candy jade lime yellow. TL1000cup.de champion 2007, 2008 & 2009
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04-27-2009, 08:25 AM
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One Liter Duc Eater
Member #2220
Posts: 925
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: NJ
Sportsbike: 2000 TL1000R
Riding Experience: never enough
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Life Wasted on TLZone: 2 Months, 0 Weeks, 1 Day and 17:36:00 Hours
evl tvn
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The seal kit is $28 at RonAyers, but I found mine at local Suzuki dealer for $ 22 per caliper.
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2000 TL1000R B/W,
FULL M4 CERAMIC COATED EXHAUST, PIPERCROSS AIR FILTER, PC II, IVAN'S TRE, MICHELIN PP2, EBC XC ROTORS, EBC HH PADS, ZERO GRAVITY DARK SMOKE DB, BITUBO REAR SHOCK, RACE TECH FRONT FORKS, SCOTTS STEERING DAMPER, HOMEMADE UNDERTRAY WITH TRUNK, CRANKCASE BREATHER SYSTEM, VAN'S CCC, BILLET BRAKE RESERVOIR, SPROCKET COVER, 3/4"TAIL RISERS, SMOKIN FRAME SLIDERS, AIR BOX LID REMOVED, SS BRAKE LINES, SPEEDO HEALER, 17/42 GEARING, EURO HAND SWITCHES, YOSH C/F FRONT FENDER... 22K ON THE CLOCK AND STILL TICKING
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04-27-2009, 08:16 PM
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Superbike Twin
Member #16350
Posts: 132
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Winchester, CA
Sportsbike: 2000 TL1000R
Riding Experience: 10yr
Pictures: 3
Life Wasted on TLZone: 4 Days and 1:50:27 Hours
Mong00se
learning your ways
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I just got the kits for both sides in today. All I have left is to clean out the res, m/c and lines and reassemble. To your guys knowledge is there a difference between the 17$ Motul DOT 4 and the 8$ auto zone DOT 4? DOT 4 is DOT 4 right?
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