79 KZ 750 twin front brake locked up out of nowhere

caferacer86

Active Member
I was out riding today and i noticed the bike slowing down as i tried to accelerate < i looked down and seen the front caliper smoking so i pulled into a Mc donalds parking lot and the caliper was locked to the rotor. I let it cool down for about and hour and cracked the bleeder valve and bubbles and some fluid came out and the pads loosened up so i could pull the caliper off. Long story short, i got it home and opened the master cylinder and found out there was almost no fluid in it, i filled it and rode another 50 miles or so with no problem. I think when i installed my clubmans the other night i had the master cylinder pitched at a weird angle and the fact it had almost no fluid made it take on air somehow. Does this make sense? Im going to pull the caliper apart tomorrow and clean it and grease the bolts and change the fluid.
 
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