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I'm looking to update my front brake reservoir and also my clutch one too.
Without embarrassing myself. Would a clutch M/C and reservoir from a YZF750 work on my exup? Are they all a standard fitment?
I've already bought the front brake M/C from an R6, but it didn't come with a reservoir. I'm on the hunt for one of those, and I'm hoping to go for the smaller reservoir. if I can find one that will do the job.
Bit of advice. Buy a good bed and a good pair of shoes, because if you aren't in one you'll be in the other.
They should all the handlebar and brake lines but. Check the bore size of the master cylinder (its normally cast on the underside of the main body) it will be either imperial or metric.
I have been using a 19mm bore brembo master cylinder with blue spot calipers from an 03 R6 and that's a significant improvement in power and feel.
Don't go smaller than standard as you run the risk of not having enough braking force when you really need it. The bore size makes a big difference as the pressure is dependent on the area of the bore and this is squared the radius of the bore times pi.
Thanks for the extra photos Chris. I do like those black reservoirs. They look very classy. Like you say cheap as chips. Looking at your mounting brackets please tell me that's not a 12mm socket fixed to the top yolk?
Bit of advice. Buy a good bed and a good pair of shoes, because if you aren't in one you'll be in the other.
I've been using a ZXR750R clutch master for many years now but only recently changed to a radial front brake master from a Triumph, using the same small reservoirs as in the pic. I don't see the point in carrying so much spare hydraulic fluid, hence the smallest I could find.
I rode to the south of frogland on the R1 back in '14 & hardly used any fluid at all, despite riding no motorways. The Brembo brake master on that bike also has a tiny reservoir.
I've been to the Bol at Paul Ricard three times on the Exup-R & hardly used any brake fluid.
I have read the discussion on the yamahar.co.uk forum where someone said that large amounts of fluid needs to be carried because of the sweep of the lever, but as far as I can see it only takes up the wear of the pads.
