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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RossKean" data-source="post: 1413178" data-attributes="member: 19880">Even with only 30,000 miles, I don't know how you managed to get 12 years without cleaning/lubricating the rear brake pivot!!For me, it is something that gets checked frequently - especially after riding in wet weather. Complete pivot service (along with left-side shifter linkage/pivot and hand brake/clutch levers) at least once per season.For what its worth, on my original '07, I put close to 200,000 miles on it without ever doing anything with the master or slave cylinders for braking systems or clutch. As far as I could tell, the brakes worked as well when I sold the bike as they did when it was new. I'm very much surprised that you found it necessary to do the front (or the rear) brake master (or slave) cylinders unless a lack of regular fluid changes allowed sufficient moisture ingress to cause corrosion over time. (I do brake and clutch hydraulic fluid replacement every two years.)</blockquote>