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06-23-2006, 12:41 AM
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| Kickstand Operator   Joined: Apr 2005
Bike: 2000 SV650 & 2000 Marauder
Location: DFW, Texas
Posts: 297
|  Help with Grabby Front Brakes Anyone had problems with the front brakes becoming "grabby?" I can brake lightly and hard, but i cannot transition smoothly from light to hard (it goes from smoothe to very hard braking, making me lunge forward). Anybody else had similar problems? Its a naked KY
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06-23-2006, 10:49 AM
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| Can Ride And Chew Gum   Joined: Aug 2004
Bike: yellow and black
Location: Wide awake in dreamland...
Posts: 1,935
|  on my 02 the brake lever has a 6 position adjustment for lever feel have you adjusted yours? Changed and bleed your fluid in the last 12 monts?? Installed SS brake line?? That being said the brakes on the SV aren't grabby or the greatest, good yes but not nearly what you get on a GSXR.
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06-24-2006, 02:41 AM
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| Can Ride And Chew Gum Joined: Aug 2004
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06-21-2007, 07:57 PM
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| Where Am I ? Joined: Mar 2007
Bike: '02 SV650S
Location: Springfield, MO
Posts: 46
| I've got the same problem going on  It feels like the lever is whats sticking not the actual brakes. What all is involved in cleaning the lever assembly? I looked at it today on my lunch break, but I didn't want to get what I thought was something simple apart and not be able to get it back together...
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06-21-2007, 09:31 PM
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| Et cetera ad nauseum   Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 1200 S
Location: St. Cloud, MN, USA
Posts: 18,305
| I'd start with a degreaser/lubricant like WD-40, then use some heavier oil to relube it. Don't take it apart unless you have to.
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06-25-2007, 12:37 PM
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| Kickstand Operator Joined: Apr 2005
Bike: 2000 SV650 & 2000 Marauder
Location: DFW, Texas
Posts: 297
| It takes 5 minutes start to finish. All you need is a flat head screw driver and a 10mm wrench (maybe an 8mm). Unscrew bolt holding lever on, clean, re-lube and re-install bolt
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