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Audible click when braking to a stop.
Okay i want to know if anyone else hears an audible click noise form the front brakes when braking from speed usually near the end of the braking process ie just as your coming to a stop sign but hte bike is still rolling. i hear this often but dont seem to have any "problems" at all. Just curious what it might be at this point. it almost sounds like the pads are sticking but they are clearly being applied to the rotor at the time. maybe it has somethign to do with the ABS system. Anyone know the skivy?
2009 phantom 424 of 500! Another Happy Spyder owner
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I have the same thing, I notice it when I reverse and stop, then on my 1st stop going forward. My tech can't hear it... but then he's old & going deaf.
Mark
Mark "Spyderman" Adams
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I would guess the ABS brakes just doing their job. If this has just started, then I am guessed out.
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Motorbike Professor
If this is a soft clicking sound, it is probably the cooling holes in the rotor passing the brake pad. Most often heard on machines with stock mufflers and large windshields. It is often amplified by buildup of brake dust on the pads and calipers. Just an educated guess, mind you. Hard to diagnose without actually hearing it. What is a clicking sound to some is a swishing sound to others.
-Scotty
2011 Spyder RTS-SM5 (mine)
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not clicking..just one click like an old hard light switch. i dont have any real concerns like i said everythign seems to work fine and yes i have a large windshield and stock pipe LOL
2009 phantom 424 of 500! Another Happy Spyder owner
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Motorbike Professor
Originally Posted by jabba11
not clicking..just one click like an old hard light switch. i dont have any real concerns like i said everythign seems to work fine and yes i have a large windshield and stock pipe LOL
This one I might worry about. Could be something loose in the front end. Could also be nothing important, like a loose cooonector hitting against the bodywork, or something in the trunk flopping forward. I would probably have my dealer give me his opinion.
-Scotty
2011 Spyder RTS-SM5 (mine)
2000 BMW R1100RTP, motorized tricycle & 23 vintage bikes
2011 RT-622 trailer, Aspen Sentry popup camper, custom motorcycle trailer to pull behind the Spyder
Mutant Trikes Forever!
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I had the same clicking, but it went away with no worries after. just drive it my friend.
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clicking noise
I have the same noise. also sounds like coming from the left front brake side. Spyder brakes fine. didn't notice it until about 1200 miles.As long as everything is working ok, not too worried. Maybe someone will figure it out?!
Happy 2009 SE5 Owner
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Click
Suggest you jack up the frontend,spin each wheel and depress the brake pedal. You may be able to isolate the click!
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good suggestion TA. Again for everyone I am not concerned all seems to be fine just trying to isolate what it is.
2009 phantom 424 of 500! Another Happy Spyder owner
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low speed ABS activation
Well I lifted the bike today and could not duplicate the click. But after talking to some pople in the know about ABS brakes they felt it may be whats called a "low speed ABS activation" and it is often caused by bad connections to the speed sensors either due to corrosion or water infiltration. I have not got a code on the bike or anything but plan to check all the connections tommorrow and make sure they are all tight etc. Also they said I shoudl defintely check the air gap between the sensor and the plate. Your bike comes wiht a tool specificlaly for this and can be done quite easily. They also said I should make sure both the sensor and the plate are clean and free of any contaminents espcially metal shaving and brake dust etc.
Last edited by jabba11; 09-29-2009 at 08:12 PM.
2009 phantom 424 of 500! Another Happy Spyder owner
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Let us know what you find.
I have the CLICK also.
09 SM5 Phantom
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Me too...
Originally Posted by Batmobile
Let us know what you find.
I have the CLICK also.
I also have (or had...) the click coming from the front end...
It is been quite a while since I have paid attention to it, but it clicked while stopping to almost a stand-still (in 1st. or reverse) at slow speed.
For a moment I thought I had inadvertently dropped one of my metric sockets while doing some mods, that it had lodged somewhere in the lower pans, and was rolling around when riding the SE5.
While doing the coils' grounding trick, taking advantage of having much of the Tupperware removed on the left side, I performed a throughout search and could not find the 'missing socket', nor anything that might have been loose or causing the noise.
Will start paying attention to it again, to see if it is still there...
Saludos, Pilo
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Registered Users
I also hear the clicking noise. I took the spyder in for the first service and told the mechanic, he stated that there is definitely a clicking sound but does not know what it is causing it. He said possible from the calipers. Maybe can am should be notified could be another recall.
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I wouldnt blow it out of proportion yet. I am not sure there is even a problem with the click sound. As long as you dont notice any problmes with your braking I wouldnt be overly concerned
2009 phantom 424 of 500! Another Happy Spyder owner
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Originally Posted by jabba11
I wouldnt blow it out of proportion yet. I am not sure there is even a problem with the click sound. As long as you dont notice any problmes with your braking I wouldnt be overly concerned
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You hit the nail in the head jabba11...,
Originally Posted by bjt
+1
as I continue riding my SE5, and yes, the click is still there, but as I said, I did (and I don't) pay much attention to it.
The braking in my SE5 has always been a little mushy for my taste, although still effective, but a bleed job may fix it.
Saludos, Pilo
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The ABS system makes a slight rapid clicking sound as it modulates the braking system. This MAY be what you are hearing, and if so, it is normal.
The glass is half full.
Mike Murphy
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