I'm thinking new mechanic too. RKTNMYPKT I've got a bit of a bung right leg too, my foots turned out so its a hassle to apply any foot brake so I know what your talking about there.
Something that may be worth checking, and I'm going to have trouble explaining it so bear with me, is when I replace my rear brake pads sometimes I get concerned that one of the pads is not sitting properly in its housing and I've nearly put it back together a few times with one disc not sitting on its step, like its sort off fallen down. I now double check it every-time I do pads. If this is your case it may explain the heating up. The ABS may be a different caliper from the stock too? not sure. I could be wrong about this but its seems a hassle to get the pad located, if you had a mechanic do this a while back (and its the sorta job they give the apprentice) they may have slapped the pads (or a pad) in and not checked that it was located on the step. Every time I do rear pads this annoys me, front are a breeze.
New mechanic sounds the way to go. It's annoying, you can pretty much get you car serviced/repaired without problems and are happy to pay for it, but with a bike it is often hit or miss. When I've finally reach a stage in life where I'd be happy to and can afford to pay for work done right, but it hasn't happened where I live. I tripped over 2,500 klms for Nev Lush to do the tune/valve check etc - a long way to go, ..........not the answer if it's not ridable tho.
Picked up the Rocket today after getting the cam chain tensioner replaced, I noticed on the way home I had no rear brake, this is what I found when I got home, the rotor hot as **** and brake locked up
After a week of no word from the dealer I finally got a call back.
They are replacing the rotor, pads and rear caliper hopefully under warranty.
Unfortunately the rear caliper for the Roadster is 3 weeks out, however they are waiting to hear back from Triumph on whether or not a R3T caliper will work.
In the meantime I'm actually enjoying commuting on the SpeedMaster.
After a week of no word from the dealer I finally got a call back.
They are replacing the rotor, pads and rear caliper hopefully under warranty.
Unfortunately the rear caliper for the Roadster is 3 weeks out, however they are waiting to hear back from Triumph on whether or not a R3T caliper will work.
In the meantime I'm actually enjoying commuting on the SpeedMaster.
Something sounds fishy here. What's the dealer's explanation about what happened to the rear brake? Is the dealer claiming your one-year-old rear caliper just coincidentally siezed from a manufacturing defect at the same time they were working on your cam chain tensioner?
At least it sounds like they're taking care of you (maybe their fault to begin with, maybe not) and you have a fun alternate ride!
Something sounds fishy here. What's the dealer's explanation about what happened to the rear brake? Is the dealer claiming your one-year-old rear caliper just coincidentally siezed from a manufacturing defect at the same time they were working on your cam chain tensioner?
At least it sounds like they're taking care of you (maybe their fault to begin with, maybe not) and you have a fun alternate ride!
I have a broken crooked right foot
When I bought the bike they adjusted the brake pedal to make it easier for me to use with my foot,
Triumph is telling them that the initial adjustment they made could have caused the brake to drag.
Although I never noticed it until it locked up 600 miles ago and again last week.
And I've ridden that thing across 5 States