Kevrg

The brake is not entirely locking. It does locks just enough that I can't move the wheel by hand, so I have to bleed it again and then it loosens back up. Even when it's loose it still sounds like it's dragging just a little. I will try repeatedly compressing the calipers next and see if I have any luck with that. Thanks a lot for the words of wisdom!

I did. And now come to find out I have no fluid reaching the front caliper? I tried to do the whole system bleed today and the front left caliper has no fluid flowing out of it when I bleed it.

The front left caliper was dragging pretty bad for a little while, so I went back and bled from the bleeder valve below the fairing again and then it stopped. When I bleed the rear brake it will work fine for the first couple pumps, but as soon as I give it one real good one, as if I were to slam on the brakes, it completely locks up on me. Maybe I need to the full bleeding process and do both the front brakes too? Really hoping I don't need to replace/rebuild a caliper. But from what I'm reading it's a pretty common problem. I really don't care for the brake systems on these bikes. Haha

So I bled the rear brake, from the rear, then I bled it from the front bleeder in front of the fairing, now my rear brake is locking up instead of not working at all. Any tips?

Thank you guys for the input! I thought I had read somewhere that after 86 they stopped linking the front and rear brakes but I must have read wrong. I will give everything a try, and hopefully be riding with both brakes by the end of the day. So I don't need to bleed the front brakes at all if they are working properly?

Hey everyone. I'm new to the forum and I've been looking around a lot for an answer to this, and I apologize if I missed it and am making a redundant post. My question is, when bleeding the rear brake, is it best to start from the bleeder valve in the back by the brake, or the one that comes up in the front underneath the fairing? I have an 88 so my rear brakes aren't tied in with the front, but there is still a bleeder valve located up front, but as far as I can tell, it doesn't link to anything. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!