July 16, 2017
Last week I drove my 2009 ST1300 about 20 miles and by the time I got back home the rear brake was sticking so bad that it could not be moved when sitting on it while in neutral. The 20 mile distance was about ½ highway, the balance on residential streets.
The bike now has 24,555 miles, and I bought it from the original owner when it had 7,500 miles on it. All services have been done at the correct intervals (up until the 24k service) by Honda dealerships. I've done some of the 24k service myself, and was getting ready to bleed and replace the brake fluid in the brake & clutch lines when the back brake issue occurred. FYI, this bike does not have ABS brakes.
On February 23[SUP]rd[/SUP] I had a new rear tire installed at a Honda dealer, and they said my rear brake pads needed to be replaced. I had them change the brake pads, and the mileage at that time was 22,490 (i.e., the sticking rear brake happened about 5 months and 2k miles after the shop installed the new brake pads).
Other than doing occasional bursts of 90 on the highway, I do not ride this bike hard. My questions:
· Is this something the shop didn't do correctly when they changed the brake pads
· Should I change the fluids and see if that corrects the problem
· With the heat generated by the sticking rear pads, should a brake rebuild be done (could the heat have deteriorated the rubber seals)
· Should I take a hard look at the dreaded SCM valve
Frankly, I'm surprised that this issue has occurred at 24k miles. This mileage really doesn't seem to be excessive, especially for the ST1300. Anyway, if anyone has thoughts on this they wish to share, I would appreciate it.
Gary L. Sager
Last week I drove my 2009 ST1300 about 20 miles and by the time I got back home the rear brake was sticking so bad that it could not be moved when sitting on it while in neutral. The 20 mile distance was about ½ highway, the balance on residential streets.
The bike now has 24,555 miles, and I bought it from the original owner when it had 7,500 miles on it. All services have been done at the correct intervals (up until the 24k service) by Honda dealerships. I've done some of the 24k service myself, and was getting ready to bleed and replace the brake fluid in the brake & clutch lines when the back brake issue occurred. FYI, this bike does not have ABS brakes.
On February 23[SUP]rd[/SUP] I had a new rear tire installed at a Honda dealer, and they said my rear brake pads needed to be replaced. I had them change the brake pads, and the mileage at that time was 22,490 (i.e., the sticking rear brake happened about 5 months and 2k miles after the shop installed the new brake pads).
Other than doing occasional bursts of 90 on the highway, I do not ride this bike hard. My questions:
· Is this something the shop didn't do correctly when they changed the brake pads
· Should I change the fluids and see if that corrects the problem
· With the heat generated by the sticking rear pads, should a brake rebuild be done (could the heat have deteriorated the rubber seals)
· Should I take a hard look at the dreaded SCM valve
Frankly, I'm surprised that this issue has occurred at 24k miles. This mileage really doesn't seem to be excessive, especially for the ST1300. Anyway, if anyone has thoughts on this they wish to share, I would appreciate it.
Gary L. Sager