tailscookie Well-known member UKGSer Subscriber Joined Mar 17, 2008 Messages 923 Reaction score 1 Location birmingham May 8, 2009 #1 has any one fitted any different front calipers onto there 1150? do any jap bikes fit,do you need to make brackets etc? i have fitted alloys aswell.
has any one fitted any different front calipers onto there 1150? do any jap bikes fit,do you need to make brackets etc? i have fitted alloys aswell.
Pukmeister Well-known member UKGSer Subscriber Joined Apr 17, 2005 Messages 21,014 Reaction score 8,400 Location Hampshire May 8, 2009 #2 tailscookie said: has any one fitted any different front calipers onto there 1150? do any jap bikes fit,do you need to make brackets etc? i have fitted alloys aswell. Click to expand... Funny old thing but some 1150's have got Tokico calipers fitted, some have Brembos. Your stock brakes should be more than good enough, have you tried stripping and cleaning around the pistons or maybe deglazing the existing pads?
tailscookie said: has any one fitted any different front calipers onto there 1150? do any jap bikes fit,do you need to make brackets etc? i have fitted alloys aswell. Click to expand... Funny old thing but some 1150's have got Tokico calipers fitted, some have Brembos. Your stock brakes should be more than good enough, have you tried stripping and cleaning around the pistons or maybe deglazing the existing pads?
tailscookie Well-known member UKGSer Subscriber Joined Mar 17, 2008 Messages 923 Reaction score 1 Location birmingham May 10, 2009 #3 brembos Pukmeister said: Funny old thing but some 1150's have got Tokico calipers fitted, some have Brembos. Your stock brakes should be more than good enough, have you tried stripping and cleaning around the pistons or maybe deglazing the existing pads? Click to expand... brembo,s but i still dont rate them.
brembos Pukmeister said: Funny old thing but some 1150's have got Tokico calipers fitted, some have Brembos. Your stock brakes should be more than good enough, have you tried stripping and cleaning around the pistons or maybe deglazing the existing pads? Click to expand... brembo,s but i still dont rate them.
littleredrooster Registered user Joined Sep 30, 2002 Messages 3,149 Reaction score 0 Location Yaarksha May 10, 2009 #4 Not sure how any improvements could be made seeing as even in standard trim it is one of the quickest-stopping bikes on the planet, regularly beating R1s, 'Busas and Gixer thous.
Not sure how any improvements could be made seeing as even in standard trim it is one of the quickest-stopping bikes on the planet, regularly beating R1s, 'Busas and Gixer thous.
st247 Registered user Joined Jul 8, 2005 Messages 1,410 Reaction score 1 Location North East Riviera May 10, 2009 #5 Power = Money. PFM do a conversion for some years of 1150. Cost as much as a second bike (circa £1300) but stop you quicker than an unlit skip.
Power = Money. PFM do a conversion for some years of 1150. Cost as much as a second bike (circa £1300) but stop you quicker than an unlit skip.