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New Mav R. Mostly good, but the brakes suck.

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Picked up my R on Friday. Very excited about the new platform.
Off the lot, my brakes basically did not work. Bled them today, and they actually work now but the peddle feel is garbage.
Biggest problem appears to be that the brakes don't don't actually engage until the pedal has depressed a solid 2".
You can check this yourself on your one car. You'll hear a faint "click" when the brakes are actually at or near engagement. Unfortunately theres no adjustment for that. The solution I'm seeing is extending the pedal stop.
Either way, the thing is very cool. Needs more power ASAP.

EDIT: was able to adjust the pedal engagement, brakes are great now. Leaving the original post as is for anyone else having the same problem.

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The one I drove had great brakes so the adjustment thing may be need to be done on some or them. Obviously BRP would have done that prior to us testing it.

I didn't have an issue with the power, it's more potent than an X3 RR.

What are you comparing it to?


Tim
 
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The one I drove had great brakes so the adjustment thing may be need to be done on some or them. Obviously BRP would have done that prior to us testing it.

I didn't have an issue with the power, it's more potent than an X3 RR.

What are you comparing it to?


Tim
Got the brakes figured out, needed bled and the pedal adjusted.

My x3 was on a 95 tune from EVO, so it was 233hp and 500lbs less. I’m ready for that 300hp evo tune as soon as they release it.
 
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Nice pics
 
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Mine, had a fluid leak on bleeder valve on front drivers side... took it back to dealer where they fixed leak and bled brakes. Before I took it in the brakes were pretty weak. After dealer made repair they feel a little better, still not the greatest.

Have to really apply pressure to get them to stop.... I don't use brakes that often, but hoped they would be better.

They actually feel similar to my yxz which I just sold... but it was much lighter and the sequential trans negated brake use quite a bit..
 
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Take it back to the dealer
 
#25 ·
Polaris uses braided flex lines and no spongy feel. if you stomp on those brakes it will throw you out of the car if your not buckled in.

Can Am always has a spongy feel. When I drove my friend's Maverick R the brakes felt way better than my X3.
 
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Hi, get the new Mav R and brake pedal feel very spongy I plan to bleed them , if could help but you stated that you adjusted engagement too. Is the adjustment made on rod between pedal and brake cylinder ?
THX milos
How many miles do you have? My brakes got 10x better with a little use.
 
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My brakes took about 40 miles to bed the pads into the rotors. Also, had a spongy pedal at delivery, bled brakes and pedal is less travel. My brakes with 35" Tensors work great in the west so far.

I'd try bleeding them and depending on how much time on your machine, they may still need to bed.

Mine actually looked glazed at 20 miles; I noticed that and stabbed them a bit more than I would normally and they cut into the rotor in another hour of riding like that.