Is there any way of activating the ABS?

[Gazz]

Still trying to get to the bottom of my braking issue and thought that I'd give this a go before I contact the dealership.

Basically I want to try to see if I can activate the abs to see if there might be air in the abs module which would hopefully be pushed out by fluid if the abs kicked in.

Hopefully, this is how the system works.

I've seen someone on another forum saying that you need to take the bike to the dealer for a brake bleed as they need to activate the abs solenoid in the pump when bleeding.

Any suggestions to safely get the abs to kick in?

P. S. The abs light is on on these bikes until they go over 6mph so I'm assuming that you'd need to be doing over that before the light goes out and the abs is functional.

[sickpup]

Ride fast and slam on the rear brake.

[colink98]

I'm going to suggest the ABS unit is just an inline unit as part of the break system, as such it should not need bleeding as a separate action.
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[The Artist]

I am not sure about this particular bike but on my cars ABS system, if you get air into it, it cannot be bled through use.
It must be plugged in to a dealers controller to activate the valves to flush the air out.
People have tried triggering ABS lots of times and it would make it better but not completely get rid of the air.

Obviously your bike may be different but I would think unless you can find a proper procedure online, then you are going to need to ask a dealer to do it for you.

[Polarbear]

My Trophy is a dealer job if you have issues but with the pipework on that it isn't surprising. I think most ABS systems nowadays are so complicated you are pretty lucky if you get away with any home maintenance other than pad changes.

Just to make you feel happier - My Trophy brake pipework.

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[Easy-X]

ABS bleed: the system needs to be "opened" to allow fluid to flow through as if the ABS wasn't there. How easy this is to do depends on the bike. TuneECU app might do it or there might be a "one weird trick" combo of shorting certain wires and turning the ignition X times in Y seconds. Failing that, back to the dealer

Mate at work's just done it on his CBR600RR. He did explain the procedure but I sorta glazed over half way through
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[raesewell]

There may be a jumper lead available depending on which bike you have.
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[Pigeon]

Gazz, what bike is it?

I use a cheap Bluetooth OBD2 device and TuneECU to trigger the ABS solenoid on my Striple.

Prior to this, the method was stamp on the rear brake.

[sickpup]

[Gazz]

[sickpup]