maverick73 Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Hi, I am going to return to trials after a 10 year break and have found a couple of bikes locally that I am interested in. The 1st one is a 2010 250 Pro and the 2nd is a 2012 300. I have been riding trials on and off since I was 16 and am now pushing 50 so I have a bit of experience and my last bike was a 2003 280 Pro. Both the bikes are known to me and are both in excellent condition but I have read about the issues with the Formula brakes on the 2012 bikes and i'm a little concerned I may be giving myself a lot of hassle. My question is this, should the brake issue on the 2012 put me off buying the bike?. Any advice would be appreciated. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabby Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 I have a 2012 sherco from new with formula brakes with no issues whatsoever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverick73 Posted February 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 (edited) Thanks for the reply thedbf. From what I have read on here it seems that a lot of people have experienced problems so its nice to know that from what you have said it hasn't affected everyone. Maybe I'm just being over cautious . Edited February 3, 2014 by maverick73 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabby Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 I have heard of the issues, and mine was one fo the first bikes released with these brakes. If it still has formula brakes on it after 2 years of use, I would hazard a guess it'll be fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lineaway Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 I would still be concerned as the riders in the `know` swapped the Ajp`s off their old bikes. There has been several threads about updating the formula`s. I have a friend that gave up and bought a new bike in anguish. You also could just be lucky and not have a problem at all. My vote would be the AJP`s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverick73 Posted February 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Thanks for the reply. The 2012 bike has been used for 2 trials and has been sat in a garage due to the owner not having time to ride so it is virtually new. The guy has not experienced any problems since he has had the bike but after reading some of the threads on here the alarm bells started ringing. I have been offered the bike at a very good price and if it wasn't for the Formula issue I would have bought it by now. In an ideal world I would have preferred the bike to be fitted with Ajp parts but it seems too good a buy to miss when by the sounds of it the problem didn't affect every bike made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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