front brake crap!!!

[deon.jacob]

Hi people's - just brought a atomik pro-x and loving it, goes pretty hard, but the front brake is very average at best, i have to use my whole hand even slow bike down, what can i do to improve front brake and is the normal for the atomick pro-x 125cc ??????

 

[FULL-ON]

Try bleeding them if you havent already.

 

[deon.jacob]

Are the front brakes supposed to preform better than what i am experiencing, we have only used the bike a handful of times and they have been pretty poor right from the start- does anyone else have this problem or do the front brakes on the atomik pro-x work fine usually????

 

[fiddy_110]

the brakes are crapy single piston that need replacing with twin piston or even 4 piston for the ultimate

 

[julianwisbey]

mabe you have got some oil or wd40 or anything that leaves a residue even touching the rotors with greasy fingers can totaly root a pair of pads

 

[julianwisbey]

it could even have air bubbles in the lines take off the fluid tank cover thing and pump the brakes and tap the caliper if bubbles come up get a pin and pop them

 

[tubes380]

try bleeding them mate and youll prob find that fixes the problem if you dont know how to bleed them than im sure someone has writin up a thread on how to do this otherwise ill tell ya.

 

[andy600rr]

Honestly, I had the same problem. Even after bleeding and filling with good quality Motul brake fluid, they were crap.

My problem was fixed by replacing the stock brake lever with a CNC alloy foldback one that I purchased on ebay from thailand.

Try a couple of different levers on the stock master cylinder and see how you go. I know this fixed my problem.

 

[Motard Doogs]

You need to try and remove the factory coating from the disk itself,
I used metho and some wet & dry I can stoppie with 1 finger now

 

[Motard Doogs]

Honestly, I had the same problem. Even after bleeding and filling with good quality Motul brake fluid, they were crap.

My problem was fixed by replacing the stock brake lever with a CNC alloy foldback one that I purchased on ebay from thailand.

Try a couple of different levers on the stock master cylinder and see how you go. I know this fixed my problem.

thats a leverage issue, bad ergos in design. Cheap brake fluid lines will expand reducing the pressure and reducing the force to the pads/pistons