While in Sturgis I had to take my bike into Kaw Dealer, could not figure out why one front rotor was getting so hot.
About 200 miles from Sturgis, I thought I had a weird vib going thur the bike but figured it was the side road we turned on after filling gas. About 120 mile down the road we needed to fill fuel again, that was when I almost rear ended my buddy. He moved over and slowed down to turn, when I pulled my front brake, NOTHING..... lever went to the handle bars. Started pumping the lever and several pumps later I had brakes but felt really spongy. Inspected the brake lines and caliper but could not find a leak or anything. But the right rotor was quite hot. Every thing looked OK so we filled fuel and took off.
After the no brake incident I was constantly pumping my front brake and it felt spongy. When we got to Sturgis, the rotor was very hot.
I figured I had a stuck piston so next morning I took the caliper apart. Everything moved easy and nothing seemed wrong except the pads were worn almost to metal. Rechecked for stuck piston. Figured I better run it to the Kaw dealer to find the problem.
Being Sturgis week it was show up, get in line and wait your turn. 8 hours later they came out and said I had a bent Rotor. I looked at him and said ' you mean a warped Rotor.' He said 'No, It is bent'. They had to overnight a rotor and pad for me. $582 later I was back on the road and things worked great.
Hats off the the Kaw dealer in Rapid City, they did treat me great for the amount of bikes that were coming in. What I thought was funny is mine was the only Kaw in the repair line the 2 days I was there. I'll let you guess what manufactured bike most of the others were. I ask if they were a _ _ dealer because there were so many in line and 1/4 the bike in the Show Room were HD. He said 'No' they just do a lot of repair work on them and trade in for Kawasaki Cruiser.
I ask the dealer how a rotor could get bent that bad. He said he only know of 3 ways. First way: someone bumped it with a front tire when trying to park. Second way: someone backed into it with their pipe or back tire while trying to park. Third way: I tell you later but would like to hear from others who had a bent rotor.
I know it had to happen the third way. I was pulling my Toe-Pincher Coffin Trailer and always had to park off to the side because it kinda grew larger than plan. When I was finished with the trailer is was 9 feet long. trailer and bike were longer than my car so I always had to park off to the side.
It was quite an attraction because of it uniqueness and we were always surrounded by people who wanted to take pictures and check out the single wheel trailer and the mono- suspension.
The bike sat unattended a lot but always had a group of people around it while we went inside to get drinks and use the restrooms.
Has anyone else ever had a bent rotor and how do you think it happen to your bike?
About 200 miles from Sturgis, I thought I had a weird vib going thur the bike but figured it was the side road we turned on after filling gas. About 120 mile down the road we needed to fill fuel again, that was when I almost rear ended my buddy. He moved over and slowed down to turn, when I pulled my front brake, NOTHING..... lever went to the handle bars. Started pumping the lever and several pumps later I had brakes but felt really spongy. Inspected the brake lines and caliper but could not find a leak or anything. But the right rotor was quite hot. Every thing looked OK so we filled fuel and took off.
After the no brake incident I was constantly pumping my front brake and it felt spongy. When we got to Sturgis, the rotor was very hot.
I figured I had a stuck piston so next morning I took the caliper apart. Everything moved easy and nothing seemed wrong except the pads were worn almost to metal. Rechecked for stuck piston. Figured I better run it to the Kaw dealer to find the problem.
Being Sturgis week it was show up, get in line and wait your turn. 8 hours later they came out and said I had a bent Rotor. I looked at him and said ' you mean a warped Rotor.' He said 'No, It is bent'. They had to overnight a rotor and pad for me. $582 later I was back on the road and things worked great.
Hats off the the Kaw dealer in Rapid City, they did treat me great for the amount of bikes that were coming in. What I thought was funny is mine was the only Kaw in the repair line the 2 days I was there. I'll let you guess what manufactured bike most of the others were. I ask if they were a _ _ dealer because there were so many in line and 1/4 the bike in the Show Room were HD. He said 'No' they just do a lot of repair work on them and trade in for Kawasaki Cruiser.
I ask the dealer how a rotor could get bent that bad. He said he only know of 3 ways. First way: someone bumped it with a front tire when trying to park. Second way: someone backed into it with their pipe or back tire while trying to park. Third way: I tell you later but would like to hear from others who had a bent rotor.
I know it had to happen the third way. I was pulling my Toe-Pincher Coffin Trailer and always had to park off to the side because it kinda grew larger than plan. When I was finished with the trailer is was 9 feet long. trailer and bike were longer than my car so I always had to park off to the side.
It was quite an attraction because of it uniqueness and we were always surrounded by people who wanted to take pictures and check out the single wheel trailer and the mono- suspension.
The bike sat unattended a lot but always had a group of people around it while we went inside to get drinks and use the restrooms.
Has anyone else ever had a bent rotor and how do you think it happen to your bike?