We don't usually get really cold weather up north on the coast. However this year is really cold, and my left brake lever , (rear brake), I am finding is freezing up. After I let the Twins warm up, I think the heat warms up some of the cable and I can move It a little. Once I've worked it 50 times or so it is fine.
I for some reason have never encountered anything like this on anything else I have owned.

Is this happening to anyone else? Could it be as simple as lubricating this cable? Any answer is appreciated.

 

No problems with mine yet and I live in Montana and it get cold alot. It also stays outside in my truck alot. Water in somthing maybe?

 

Steelhead, I think you answered your own question. It's probably just a case of a cable needing some lube. You can get a cable luber for cheap and they work pretty good. Don't skimp on your choice of cable lubricant. It's true what they say------you get what you pay for, so don't buy cheap lube.

 

"STEELHEAD650" My 650 rear brake has been frozen also, Its been really cold here lately and like you said after the twins warm up it is back operational again.

 

I had this happen to my Grizzly. I used a cable luber and sprayed in some white lithium grease. Now I do this every fall and haven't had a problem since.
Tim

 

Mine never frozed. I put a beefer spring on mine when I bought mine, if any should freeze mine should, it's outside all the time and use the parking brake all the time.

 

Lube her up and it wont happen any more.

Kawi650, 12,500 kms since 2001, wow!!!!
How many belts have you gone through and what other problems have you had, if any?

 

PrairieDust: I just rolled the 700 hours and 40km short 14000 kms I guess I should update mine profile at some point. I went through 8 belts with mine old clutch and never replaced a belt yet on the new clutch. Mine old clutch was flawwed because it was to the point where I would replace the belt every third weekend. Now I have about 5000km on this belt and I just needed the first adjustment about a month ago. Problems? I had em all. Do a search for service calls it might still be here. I had the very first 650 in mine area, I had mine before the local kawi rep had his and with that I had an early production one. But now that we know the bike too we can do alot more preventable maintance and now that I got new carbs, new clutch etc... it's a rock and I also added 28" IPT589 and I am very impressed and pleased.

 

Is your "new" clutch a redesigned unit or was there just a defect with your old one?

 

we believe it is a new design[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] also believe it or not it's a newwer thinner belt too[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img] What ever it is I am not haveing any slippage or an adjustments I had to do from day one witch leaves me to believe something more than the belt is different, and I think it has the molly greese on it the first one did not.