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Upgrade
your calipers!
Words & pictures by Stig; with
additional information supplied by forum members.
You
know that feeling when the levers back to the bars,
the corner's looming at a pace you'd rather not still
be doing; then the gut feeling that maybe you've overdone
it? Thats the time you wish you'd already upgraded with
the help of the following info! |
The
ones to avoid! |
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Radial
calipers have a bolt centre of 108mm and will
NOT fit!
Check
out the others below. Theres an obvious difference.
The radials have the bolt holes vertically whereas
the others below are horizontal. |
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Taken from the YZF1000R
Thunderace. Yes they will fit but check out the
link pipe joining the two halves of the caliper
(bottom left of image).
These still give good feedback
and would be an improvement of OEM but are not
as efficient as the monoblock style below. |
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are the desirable items! |
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OK, so whats the
difference?...the gold spots have a fancy coated
alloy piston which helps it retract easier. Due
to this they're also the ones that weigh the least
overall.
What will they fit? ....all models
of FZR, YZF750, Thunderace, Vmax that have the
100mm hole centres fixing
points. |
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| Altering
the fork bottoms (when required)
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Rf9rider
was kind enough to be the pioneer for this alteration
on his YZF750 at the time. Luckily for you,
he's also done a full 'HOW TO' guide that we've
hosted in the Workshop
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buy new? |
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Don't give up
if you can't afford new. The caliper to the left
was one of a pair purchased in the condition shown.
Roll your mouse over the image to see what half
hours work and a bit of patience makes!
And yes, they are the same pads!! |
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TIP!
- If you're going to buy from ebay and are tempted to
buy 2 seperate items (ie. not a pair), make sure you
buy the right hand (sat on the bike) caliper first,
as these tend to be rarer than the left side; due to
the right hand item being sought after for use on machines
with single discs.! |
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