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So I picked up my F3 800 on Saturday and had an amazing 1000 kilometre ride home through the mountains with an overnight stay in the most gorgeous town, appropriately named Mt. Beauty. I bought the bike brand new so as to be unmolested by any demo rider or previous owner and have never been happier about owning a bike. As the thread would suggest, I have one query..
I was coming up to a T-intersection on a country back road and thought I'd casually use the rear-brake to arrest my speed for the stop. I hadn't at this point really bedded the brakes or discs yet so they weren't particularly effective and I used harder application of foot-to-lever. Thinking the ABS would kick in shortly, the complete opposite occurred. The rear wheel locked up and wouldn't let go, and the engine stalled. It caught me quite unprepared so I didn't really react much more than to grab the clutch and front brake to stop myself. I restarted the bike, found first and continued rolling with a polite wave of apology to the other bikes that had suddenly made some significant ground from behind. I was trying to rack my brain to work out what had occurred, my answer being, I was too slow for the higher gear and the engine must have stalled. I wanted to try again.
Later the next day after having made an effort to use more and more rear brake to bed the pads in a bit, I thought I'd test out the ABS again. I was in a literally dead-quiet town on the main drag and got myself set up safely in case the same was to happen. I was doing about 70 kilometres, depressed the rear brake, and applied constant pressure until I thought I would find the ABS but to no avail. The rear locked up and again I came to a quick stop, unable to get the wheel rolling again until I restarted the engine. For some reason at this point, it seemed logical in my mind that I had read somewhere in the manual, that the ABS wouldn't work below 30km/hr, (I think it meant until you reached 30km/hr, not below there-after, this is me in hindsight). So a significant time later after trying to decide the best course of action, I thought I'd try one last time, keeping well clear of this new 30km/hr barrier I set myself. Again, setting myself up in case of failure, on a straight road, good surface, doing 120km/hr, I applied rear brake, and fed more pressure through the lever. The wheel locked up, and the engine stalled, but this time I tried a couple of options, as I had a bit more time up my sleeve whilst I hurtled down the road in a controlled skid. I took my foot of the brake, and re-applied, I tested every gear, releasing the clutch between each and even trying to 'jump' start the bike into running again, as the engine had stalled once more, I even had time to clutch in and engine start just before I came to a stop. I looked in the mirror only to see the road covered in smoke from my now significantly flatter tyre, and a seriously long skid mark, at LEAST 30-40 metres long. At this point I looked at the dash and it flashed "ABS Malfunction".. yeah, you don't say..
tl;dr
My rear abs isn't working as it should. It locks up the rear wheel and stalls the engine and won't let the wheel spin freely until the engine has been restarted. I'm quite confident the front IS working, as today a guy in a caravan pulled out in front of me and I could feel it pulsing under my fingers. The bike is brand new, and about to undergo it's first service this week.
Has anyone experienced anything like this, or have any suggestions as to how I might rectify my problem. I could only imagine how poorly this might go down if it was to occur at corner entry rather than on straight roads.. Thanks for your help.
I was coming up to a T-intersection on a country back road and thought I'd casually use the rear-brake to arrest my speed for the stop. I hadn't at this point really bedded the brakes or discs yet so they weren't particularly effective and I used harder application of foot-to-lever. Thinking the ABS would kick in shortly, the complete opposite occurred. The rear wheel locked up and wouldn't let go, and the engine stalled. It caught me quite unprepared so I didn't really react much more than to grab the clutch and front brake to stop myself. I restarted the bike, found first and continued rolling with a polite wave of apology to the other bikes that had suddenly made some significant ground from behind. I was trying to rack my brain to work out what had occurred, my answer being, I was too slow for the higher gear and the engine must have stalled. I wanted to try again.
Later the next day after having made an effort to use more and more rear brake to bed the pads in a bit, I thought I'd test out the ABS again. I was in a literally dead-quiet town on the main drag and got myself set up safely in case the same was to happen. I was doing about 70 kilometres, depressed the rear brake, and applied constant pressure until I thought I would find the ABS but to no avail. The rear locked up and again I came to a quick stop, unable to get the wheel rolling again until I restarted the engine. For some reason at this point, it seemed logical in my mind that I had read somewhere in the manual, that the ABS wouldn't work below 30km/hr, (I think it meant until you reached 30km/hr, not below there-after, this is me in hindsight). So a significant time later after trying to decide the best course of action, I thought I'd try one last time, keeping well clear of this new 30km/hr barrier I set myself. Again, setting myself up in case of failure, on a straight road, good surface, doing 120km/hr, I applied rear brake, and fed more pressure through the lever. The wheel locked up, and the engine stalled, but this time I tried a couple of options, as I had a bit more time up my sleeve whilst I hurtled down the road in a controlled skid. I took my foot of the brake, and re-applied, I tested every gear, releasing the clutch between each and even trying to 'jump' start the bike into running again, as the engine had stalled once more, I even had time to clutch in and engine start just before I came to a stop. I looked in the mirror only to see the road covered in smoke from my now significantly flatter tyre, and a seriously long skid mark, at LEAST 30-40 metres long. At this point I looked at the dash and it flashed "ABS Malfunction".. yeah, you don't say..
tl;dr
My rear abs isn't working as it should. It locks up the rear wheel and stalls the engine and won't let the wheel spin freely until the engine has been restarted. I'm quite confident the front IS working, as today a guy in a caravan pulled out in front of me and I could feel it pulsing under my fingers. The bike is brand new, and about to undergo it's first service this week.
Has anyone experienced anything like this, or have any suggestions as to how I might rectify my problem. I could only imagine how poorly this might go down if it was to occur at corner entry rather than on straight roads.. Thanks for your help.
