I am working away at St Andrews and the rear brake hose on my non ABS R1100GS failed today. It looks like where the hose joing the banjo at the caliper.
I called John Clark Motorrad in Dundee this morning as I have very limited tools with me and I was going to book it in with them if they could squeeze me in quickly. I was told the service guy was busy but would call me back. As I was out and about on site working I said I would email him, which I did. I had heard nothing by 1.30 so I called again and was told his computer was down. I asked to speak to him, but he was busy again and would call me. At about 4pm I lost patience and called their spares department so at least I would know whether they actually had the part in stock. They didn`t so I knew I was not looking at a next day `we will squeeze you in` scenario. I knew this was unlikely anyway as I had to wait nearly 2 weeks for them to be able to fit a pair of tyres a week or two back after Cupar motorcycles decided that they were unable to fit tyres to my bike because of the spoke pattern despite taking a deposit for the tyres and having to wait a week for them! Fearing that John Clark would not call me back today I called Moto Bins and ordered a new hose for first class delivery to me up here so I am going to do it myself. Incidently John Clark finally called me back at about 4.45.
It looks to be a case of just unbolting the old and bolting on the new and bleeding. I have ordered the washers by the way. Is there anything I need to look out for particularly?
I called John Clark Motorrad in Dundee this morning as I have very limited tools with me and I was going to book it in with them if they could squeeze me in quickly. I was told the service guy was busy but would call me back. As I was out and about on site working I said I would email him, which I did. I had heard nothing by 1.30 so I called again and was told his computer was down. I asked to speak to him, but he was busy again and would call me. At about 4pm I lost patience and called their spares department so at least I would know whether they actually had the part in stock. They didn`t so I knew I was not looking at a next day `we will squeeze you in` scenario. I knew this was unlikely anyway as I had to wait nearly 2 weeks for them to be able to fit a pair of tyres a week or two back after Cupar motorcycles decided that they were unable to fit tyres to my bike because of the spoke pattern despite taking a deposit for the tyres and having to wait a week for them! Fearing that John Clark would not call me back today I called Moto Bins and ordered a new hose for first class delivery to me up here so I am going to do it myself. Incidently John Clark finally called me back at about 4.45.
It looks to be a case of just unbolting the old and bolting on the new and bleeding. I have ordered the washers by the way. Is there anything I need to look out for particularly?
