Brenton: brake conversion

Sorry brenton, just found your message last night. I tried responding with the Reply button, but there's no option to actually send the message, so it got as far as the Outbox and stayed there, so here's the answer to your PM:

The R1 retrofit is easy enough to do, you just need a good piece of thick aluminum to bolt it them to, then bolt them into the original mounts on the fork tubes.

Have a look at these pictures to see how it's done

R1 Brake Caliper Mod

If you look through this site a bit (XJ Modifications), you will see a post by Winterhawk, who says he got most of the same benefit for about $100 US by replacing his stock Turbo master cylinder (13mm bore) with an XS1100 master cylinder (17mm bore) and adding braided lines. I bought a new double caliper replacement master cylinder from Parts N More for the XS11 for $76 US, and I will try going Winterhawk's route first with mine (turbo brakes really are dire!). There is a bike breaker just 5 minutes drive from me, and he has lots of calipers for sale if I want to go whole hog in a few months or so. He want's $200 CAN for a pair though, so I might not do it. I think I'll be getting a newer bike within a year or two if I get a decent job. I was within 20 min of getting a pair of R6 calipers for $50 US off Ebay last week but the price mysteriously went up in the last few minutes above my max bid. I guess the seller wasn't keen on selling the calipers for that much. Still seems kinda rotten though, as they were listed as "no reserve".

I'm gettin really antsy right now. You can see the end of winter from here, but it has gotten chilly again (-20C overnight) so it's really bittersweet right now. Roads are dry and clear (but salty) and you can feel some heat from the sun again (probably sounds funny to an Aussie!), but the snow is still packed in hard around my covered bike. Damn I want to get wrenching and riding again!

 

thanks mate. yeah i was talkin to a mate the other day and we were having a giggle about the fact that u guys get snow and have to stop your seasons short. we can work on our bikes or cars all year round and ride then aswell. its hard to comprehend not being able to go outside for 4months 8O
cheers brenton

 

Don't rub it in. We just got 14" here overnight. Won't be riding for a while I guess.

Greg

 

last night i was outside working on my bike at 2 in the morning, wearing thongs, shorts and no shirt lol. its alright when we get winter i have to put a shirt and shoes on :lol:
cheers brenton

 

-30C i dont have any idea how cold that is. lol i cant really comprehend it but then again we got +45C on newyears day. that was pretty warm :lol:

 

i think the fridge makes ice at like -15

so u get the picture how cold that is!

not sure how cold my fridge is really....