Kawasaki Concours Forum
The C-14, aka Kawasaki Concours-14, the new one :) => The Bike - C14/GTR 1400 => Topic started by: CoolBreeze on February 27, 2019, 07:26:20 PM
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I have an 09 ABS and want to flush my brake fluid this spring. This is my first bike with ABS. Can I use a vacuum bleeder and draw fresh fluid through the system like a conventional system?
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Yes, the brake lines flush and fill just like a non-ABS model. I like to flush every time I change the oil. Don't forget to flush the clutch fluid also.
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Yes, the brake lines flush and fill just like a non-ABS model. I like to flush every time I change the oil. Don't forget to flush the clutch fluid also.
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jwh, being you flush often ( my wifes hates when I don't) what have you found to be the easiest way to get to the clutch bleeder? Maybe depends on year also.
Wayne
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what have you found to be the easiest way to get to the clutch bleeder? Maybe depends on year also.
Ug, there is no easy way. Seems like a stupid angle on that damn nipple. I will say I *WAS* able to get to that thing without removing all the plastics as instructed in the manual. But it was difficult and require some bending of the flexible/rubbery areas (on the gen 2). In retrospect, I am not sure it was any easier/safer.
Faced the same thing with the front turn signals. If you know what you are doing, you CAN take out just the front and top bolts on that panel and bend it out just enough to scrape the hell out of your hand and replace that bulb... without taking off all the panels.
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I've found that if you undo the fasteners at the bottom of the shroud where they come together and remove the lower screws on the sides, you can split the halves enough to get to the clutch bleeder without having to take the fairings entirely off.
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Didn't know that, jwh20. Neat trick. I take it it's completely safe to access the clutch bleeder that way? How many times have you done so?
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Great idea. Thanks. To bad someone doesnt make a flexible extension you could fish out the bottom.
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Didn't know that, jwh20. Neat trick. I take it it's completely safe to access the clutch bleeder that way? How many times have you done so?
If by safe you mean it doesn't break or stress the plastics, yes, I believe it is. It moves pretty freely and you don't need to move it very far out to get to the bleeder valve.
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Yes, the brake lines flush and fill just like a non-ABS model. I like to flush every time I change the oil. Don't forget to flush the clutch fluid also.
jwh, being you flush often ( my wifes hates when I don't) what have you found to be the easiest way to get to the clutch bleeder? Maybe depends on year also.
Wayne
For first gen C14s the clutch bleeder is easy to get at without opening up any plastic.
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