Official idiotic Tomac front brake opinion thread

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Swann 5/28/2017 9:55pm
5/28/2017 9:55pm Edited Date/Time 5/28/2017 9:57pm
VRR7 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2017/05/28/198056/s1200_eli1.jpg[/img] The Russians


The Russians
The Russians are to blame for everything.
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bbhMoto 5/29/2017 8:58am
5/29/2017 8:58am
Hut wrote:
It was a hydraulic problem not a bent rotor
Exactly. I had something like this happen on my KX a few years ago during a race on a hot day.

I changed the brake fluid and stupid me filled the front master cylinder too much. Race day everything was normal until the fluid got hot after the first lap or so - problem was as it heated up and expanded, it had nowhere to go since the master was full to the top.

Second moto I removed a bit of fluid, which left an air gap, and things were back to normal. I never filled it to the brim again and never had the brake lockup either.
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larsen 5/29/2017 12:21pm
5/29/2017 12:21pm
I saw Heiiki Mikkola in the crowd. He took a pee in the turn just before Tomac's front wheel locked up. Guess the corrosion was too intense on the rotor.
smoothies862 5/29/2017 4:43pm
5/29/2017 4:43pm
safety wire is too tight. I mean look at that crimp!Dry

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NorcalVet 5/29/2017 5:15pm
5/29/2017 5:15pm
Eli can't catch a break


... he needs the call brake bagget up and ask for his recommendations on set up
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steveada 5/30/2017 8:32am
5/30/2017 8:32am
Park and Huck wrote:
Jason Weigandt‏ @JasonWeigandt 25s26 seconds ago More Talked to Tomac real quickly after the race, says he didn't hit anything, brake suddenly locked up just like...
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Talked to Tomac real quickly after the race, says he didn't hit anything, brake suddenly locked up just like DallasSX. NOT happy
Sounds just like my kid when he came home with a dent in the car. "Really dad, I didn't hit anything and nothing hit me. I just got out of the car and the dent was there."
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erik_94COBRA 5/31/2017 6:46am
5/31/2017 6:46am
Swann wrote:
"The front brake on this thing is pretty gnarly. We run a works billet front caliper which gives the front brake a really firm feel." Firm...
"The front brake on this thing is pretty gnarly. We run a works billet front caliper which gives the front brake a really firm feel."

Firm feel, indeed.

Eli's fancy pants works billet front caliper. These are handmade by Shaolin monks using centuries old and highly secretive techniques. One caliper takes 50 years to produce.


The magnesium front caliper similar to the one RV ran (same one used by the Euro team):


Note the position of the banjo bolt on Eli's master cylinder:


Note the position of the banjo bolt on RV's master cylinder:


Consider that jet fuel alone cannot melt steel:


Conclusion:
The Russian's are clearly meddling with the outcome of our motocross races.
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MXMattii 5/31/2017 8:22am
5/31/2017 8:22am
DPW wrote:
I had the same thing happen to me years ago where after a lap the front brake locked up. I was using an aftermarket brake lever...
I had the same thing happen to me years ago where after a lap the front brake locked up. I was using an aftermarket brake lever and the hole in the brake lever where the plunger sits wasn't drilled deep enough and after the system heated up the wheel would lock up.
Funny thing is that it probably will be something that small, but very hard to find.
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3D 5/31/2017 9:16am
5/31/2017 9:16am
He needs a front rotor lube button. Put it where the KTM electric start button is. And maybe he should start carrying a pocket knife in a fanny pack.
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mxb2 5/31/2017 10:39am
5/31/2017 10:39am
The kawys this week will have cf guards on the brake components on the bars.

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