+1.
lather, ABS is a good thing when it works as designed - HELL, brakes are a good thing when they work as designed, which they do not if you have this failure.
OFF TOPIC
(Regarding the yellow ABS lamp which you don't have at present, I've read on a Triumph forum that when an owner fitted ABS to his non-ABS bike from a donor bike of the same model which came with ABS he had the same problem - no yellow ABS lamp on his cluster. IIRC he found that his non-ABS cluster actually had the circuitry of the yellow lamp but was covered over by the speedo clock face. I don't remember how he solved his problem tho, sorry.)
2008 C14 and had the brakes flushed by dealer last week. Hadn’t done the flush in years and it was desperately needed as front brake failed (no pressure in lever). While riding home from dealer, after complete brake flush front and rear, no ABS. I was able to skid rear tire. Did the same to front tire, much more carefully as I wanted to live to share this story, and no ABS, tire locked up. I called the dealer when I got home and advised them of issue. They asked if warning light was activated on dash, which it wasn’t. They said to ride it for a while and see if it self corrects. I upped my life insurance policy and told the wife to sue K if I drop it. We’ll see how this goes. I’m going to call them back and ask about K replacing ABS pump as mentioned in this post. The brakes do work though, just no ABS feature. Fortunately, I’ve had plenty of time on non ABS bikes.
I recently had new tires put on my 08 Connie at the local Kawasaki dealership. Rear ABS worked fine until they changed my tire. Went to pick the bike up and had no rear brakes. Of course they diagnosed it as rear ABS failure and quoted me $1500 + labor. After a long battle with the dealership, they agreed to pay half. My OOP was $1100. Had a buddy with the same bike call me with rear ABS failure and his dealership went through Kawasaki to pick up the tab. I called my dealership with the news and they were able to do the same. I have on 08 with 34k miles. Kawasaki picked up the tab and did the right thing. I’m a Kawasaki customer for life.
If you’re experiencing rear ABS failure, I encourage you to have your dealer go through their Kawasaki rep for reimbursement.
Stay safe!
my 08 Connie [...]Had a buddy with the same bike call me with rear ABS failure and his dealership went through Kawasaki to pick up the tab. I called my dealership with the news and they were able to do the same. I have on 08 with 34k miles. Kawasaki picked up the tab and did the right thing. I’m a Kawasaki customer for life.
Too late for bleed & flush now. If it's not a pebble stuck in the lever it will need another unit. The European series 1 ZZR1400 2007-11 (ZX1400 pre traction control) is a straight swap if you can't find a series 1 ZG1400 unit.
If you're as smart as jamie, perhaps you can.