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Old favorite? Upgrading the front brake

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gripperod:
When converting to twin disc I used calipers off a later K7(?) with the feed and bleed nipple located centrally one above the other so that it all looked nice and symmetrical when it was finished. Unfortunately the caliper brackets for the later calipers fouled the discs and the original calipers and brackets had different centres between the caliper bolts so I had to have a pair of one off caliper brackets made. Deep joy......... ;)

Seamus:
Thanks for the info. It's the little detail that saves lots of heartache.

I shall see what I can find and work from there.

Cheers

Seamus

matthewmosse:
Not quite honda, but brake related, I have a BMW of similar age, with similar poor in the wet stainless steel brake disks, they are drilled and tend to crack radially apparently. The fix / upgrade is to fit pfm made cast iron disks, stopping is inproved  but they rust overnight. Depends if you ride in the rain, I find the hondas brakes only truly suck in an absolute deluge of rain and then applying the brakes lightly for a few miles to warm them up serves to keep them on form.

gripperod:
Seamus,if you are really interested I can e-mail some photes of how it didnt work initially and  I should be able to dig out and scan the sketch with dimensions of the calipers I had made if you decided to go that way.

Cheers

bp

Seamus:
That would be really useful. I would appreciate the information. Thanks for the thought.

I am just looking to see which parts I can unearth and work from there. I have the front out of my K1 in order to rebuild the wheel. I have a new rim (curtesy of Dave Silver) and stainless spokes. Just need to paint the centre of the hub and polish the rest, then get started. (probably have to have someone look at it after my attempt).

Look forward to the info, but don't rush as I have a good way to go yet.

Cheers

Seamus

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