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Custom Brakes (updates) - big kev - 03-09-2012
Well guys as you know the busa GEN I brakes are adiquate and thats being kind , So i set out to see what i can do about it on a budget , this is what i have found and done ,
i found a company makes bolt on brackets to mount radial callipers , i picked up a set of callipers of a BKING , and ordered the brackets from the company they arrived today
i fitted one side up and it took me 15 mins from start to finish
see the pics , know i know theres going to be alot of neigh sayers here saying what about this or that or Boo the brakes are good enought to that i say f*** OFF as its my bike and i love moding the shit out of it
price wise i have spent $140 on all the brackets and the callipers were a contra so all up to make my bike brake better i have spent about $150 with new fluid lol
RE: Custom Brakes - TheAlchemist - 03-09-2012
Lookin good Kev, i'm the same, bling and mods on a budget is soemthing we have in common but i love it all the same, and you've ended up with better brakes at a great price too :)
RE: Custom Brakes - pan - 03-09-2012
Lovely. I'd like to do the same, but I'm painting my calipers red, as usual!
Have you taken it for a ride?
RE: Custom Brakes - Greeny_SA - 03-09-2012
They only slow you down Kev .
RE: Custom Brakes - big kev - 03-09-2012
got it out on the road for a short test pan and YES there is a large upgrade of stopping power now which i am very happy with
a great mod and im really happy with the out lay of $$$$ to do this as well
RE: Custom Brakes - Tony Nitrous - 04-09-2012
Well done Kev.
I ride a Gen1 with better pad's/fluid/braided lines etc back to back
with a stock B-King with its factory everything including rubber lines.
B-Kings radials (same as Gen2 are waaaaay better) Not sure how much
you'd gain from a radial master ? Gen2's isnt radial, B-King is, but is
designed for flat bar's and looks odd anyway.
Maybe a late model GSXR1000 radial master ?
RE: Custom Brakes - big kev - 04-09-2012
(04-09-2012, 08:13am)Tony Nitrous Wrote: Well done Kev.
I ride a Gen1 with better pad's/fluid/braided lines etc back to back
with a stock B-King with its factory everything including rubber lines.
B-Kings radials (same as Gen2 are waaaaay better) Not sure how much
you'd gain from a radial master ? Gen2's isnt radial, B-King is, but is
designed for flat bar's and looks odd anyway.
Maybe a late model GSXR1000 radial master ?
yeah spot on tony im going to look at a few models of the GSXR radial , took the bike for a short spin again and the brakes are amazeing
RE: Custom Brakes - Tony Nitrous - 04-09-2012
Very interested in what your doing Kev.
As soon as my GSX1400 is finished (just need clocks) I can use
it as a tourer / pillion bike, (B-King is useless for that) and
my Busa is going to get some upgrades.
Always been disapointed in the Gen1's 6-plops so keep me informed Mate.
Where did you get the caliper conversion plates from ?
Just been out measuring a few things,
seems the 14's 6-plop's are different again, Different mounts.
![[Image: againbi.jpg]](http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/5471/againbi.jpg)
RE: Custom Brakes - big kev - 04-09-2012
yeah will do mate . ok i got the brackets off a mob on ebay (will post link) thats all i ordered , i did a contra from ROBMAC from ASF ( will post this up on ASF as well )
so basicly its all bolt on and the bonus is my braided lines still had enough lenght to fit so its a bonus , the same ebay mob do a heap of conversion brackets
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/320965661501?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
RE: Custom Brakes - Axe - 04-09-2012
Nice... would have been good to see that a month ago.
oh well too late now, I've got a hole gen 2front end now.
Looks god Kev.
RE: Custom Brakes - big kev - 04-09-2012
(04-09-2012, 09:27am)Axe Wrote: Nice... would have been good to see that a month ago.
oh well too late now, I've got a hole gen 2front end now.
Looks god Kev.
i could have posted up axe before i got them but if someone got them before i did and they were shit i would never have heard the end of it mate if they didnt work right and to be honest i see that alot of this forum , look at the feascio the aftermarket fairings did to this forum
RE: Custom Brakes - Zoro - 04-09-2012
Yeah, whatever happened to that thread in the end??
Did anyone end up with a set to try??
RE: Custom Brakes - big kev - 04-09-2012
(04-09-2012, 10:35am)Zoro Wrote: Yeah, whatever happened to that thread in the end??
Did anyone end up with a set to try??
i know whom got the fairings and i wont name names ans thats why i didnt post up pre doing the brake mod as it would have been a shit fight
i was the 1st to do the GEN I- GEN II conversion on here and then it took off so maybe this will go good as well
RE: Custom Brakes - Tony Nitrous - 04-09-2012
Love my Gen1, just got back from a few hours playing.
Lots of fun but after riding the King all last week the brakes
really are a bit of a wake up call !
RE: Custom Brakes - big kev - 04-09-2012
i hear ya mate thats why i did this mod to improve on the brakeing , i have improved the rear suspension with an aftermarket unit (white power) and now i have the tools to do the front springs 900 gramm stock replaceing with 1.2 gramme springs and 10 W oil , should be a mark up on what i have had as stock for the last 7 yrs