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I was looking around on eBay (I'm a little addicted) and saw this BMW. I thought it was pretty cool and then looking through the pictures I noticed there is a brake failure indicator light. My first thought was that it's a little unnecessary because I'm pretty sure I would know when the brakes are failing without a light coming on. Then I began to wonder if brake failure is so common on these bikes that BMW actually made a light for the situation. I'm just not sure about that. Any thoughts?
The BMW failure light is hooked up to a float in the master cylinder (which is under the tank). When it senses the fluid at too low a level it lights. Mine also goes off on REALLY bad bumps. When your master is in plain sight and translucent you don't need a fluid indicator... but when you have to remove the gas tank to see the level it's nice to have a warning
So the light means is the fluid is too low, the switch is shot or the wiring is bad... oh it also means the bulb itself works
And I've NEVER had a brake failure that was mechanical... a few human one perhaps... the BMW is bullet proof, not human proof :
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