Info about 2003 Servo abs AFTER it's actuated

[Comfy Old Boots]

I had to break really hard earlier. the breaks worked great. i stopped. the breaks felt odd on the way home. the servo seemed to have stopped giving it's friendly servo noises. I knew a restart would cure this but I rode home wondering if the bike was working like it would if I switched the abs off after turning the ignition.

Question is, what happened?

 

[ahutcheon]

No idea what happened, but the brakes feel no different with the ABS turned off (until you brake hard enough to engage the ABS, I suppose) on my 2003 servo bike. Servo stopped working and you had residual braking (but no warning lights - odd)? Hyped on the adrenaline rush and things just *felt* different? (Might not be relevant, but some of my more extreme braking has been invoked by other road users failing to care whether I lived or died)

 

[ELIMINATOR]

if the servo had stopped working..... YOU WOULD KNOW, believe me on this
one.

If you want to try the bike without the servo, ride along, turn the ignition off, and brake.

a) road must be deserted.

b) ride slowly when trying this

 

[Comfy Old Boots]

I had full breaking ability but it was very sharp. I'll keep an eye on it but I'm stumped as to what it's doing.

I broke really hard and was left with the warning light on and the abs light flashing. Not sure if it was 1 or 4 K rate of flash but I'll keep an eye out for this. It's the second time this has happened.

 

[Stewart H]

With powered braking systems like Citroen ones the brakes behave as you describe when theres air in the system, has the system been opened recently? are the reservoir levels all correct?
Stewart

 

[ELIMINATOR]

Can't remember which warning light was on, but I've had the case, twice where the rear bulb has lost one filament, the bike's brain realising this, alters the voltage to the remaining filament, so that it acts as both a rear and brake light.

This doesn't explain your brake worries, but may explain the warning light.So, try changing the bulb, cheapest quickest check to do.

hmm, just reread your post, it seems you had both warning lights on... still cheap to swap the bulb.

Just looked it up on the laminated owners manual page I keep in the topbox.

General warning & 1Hz flashing = At least one brake circuit without ABS.

General warning & 4 Hz flashing = At least one brake circuit in Residual Braking function.

 

[The Slow Granger]

Ditto Eliminator - I wasn't sure if the bulb had gone (duel filament?) but brake warning light was on.

Changed the lamp - problem gone.

Steve

 

[Comfy Old Boots]

With powered braking systems like Citroen ones the brakes behave as you describe when theres air in the system, has the system been opened recently? are the reservoir levels all correct?
Stewart

it just got serviced. No stress dudes@!

Brakes were better after the incident. hugh bite. really massive increaSE LOIKE Tha'ts why I didn't turn them off.

No, I'm not imagining it. Just taking the time to share it with yez

I could have stopped the bike and turned off ignition and rode. Every bike has a character and this one is no different. Must turn off abs tomorrow.

I also find it off that the servo mechanism stays active after I cut the engine using the side stand. To me, that's a design flaw. that should be available when the bike powers up. It's not turnover reliant

Just ranting, Bike is amazing overall folks. My baglux is no longer baggy thanks to the sunshine