Bad_Company
Came home from work this evening, cut the lawns, sorted the food out, ate outside with my darling wife, commented that it would be a lovely time for a ride out to which came the reply "I'm not in the mood, why don't you go out on the Super Duke" (as a couple we go out on the 1050 Sprint), I don't need telling twice .
So, I was all set to go for a blast with permission, to be honest I've not been out for 3 weeks or so with being on holiday and work etc so I was ready for it, when I went in the garage and noticed the clutch reservoir was empty, no lever pressure, no clutch . The slave cylinder was a little damp but apart from that there wasn't a lot of liquid on the floor, unfortunately the bike was parked over a piece of rag so that could have soaked up some as well but definitely no real evidence of a leak.
The bike is an 2006 model that was registered late 2007, is this possibly an occurrence of the original fault in the early bikes or is it just a general issue with standard parts and its just "one of those things"?
I've done the searches and read through some old posts regarding slave cylinders, it looks like there were a few failures and it's not such a pain in the ass to do, are the seals still available or am I going to struggle to find the parts?
On the plus side I still went for a ride out but on the Triumph, it wasn't the same though to be honest, I pushed it like I would the Super Duke and it just doesn't give you as much confidence, still I managed to blow the cobwebs away, just not as many
So, I was all set to go for a blast with permission, to be honest I've not been out for 3 weeks or so with being on holiday and work etc so I was ready for it, when I went in the garage and noticed the clutch reservoir was empty, no lever pressure, no clutch . The slave cylinder was a little damp but apart from that there wasn't a lot of liquid on the floor, unfortunately the bike was parked over a piece of rag so that could have soaked up some as well but definitely no real evidence of a leak.
The bike is an 2006 model that was registered late 2007, is this possibly an occurrence of the original fault in the early bikes or is it just a general issue with standard parts and its just "one of those things"?
I've done the searches and read through some old posts regarding slave cylinders, it looks like there were a few failures and it's not such a pain in the ass to do, are the seals still available or am I going to struggle to find the parts?
On the plus side I still went for a ride out but on the Triumph, it wasn't the same though to be honest, I pushed it like I would the Super Duke and it just doesn't give you as much confidence, still I managed to blow the cobwebs away, just not as many