That was my diagnosis and prescription but after pricing bits up during a mamouth read the other night, it appears that by the time i spend the money on gen seals for Betty's brakes etc and faff about Even if i did give them a full service they would only be passable at best, they were aleways under braked. Its a 230kg bike on four pots at the front. Just to add to this, I've already got a goldline Brembo caliper in the shed from work on the 853 duke a few years ago so Im halfway there.
Ive always had braided lines, HH or sintered pads on all my bikes and when I had all my kit, used to make my own.
Possibilities are as follows:
RC51 (VTR1000) lowers as these fit the vfr stantions. Then you have the opportunity to choose from a plethora of different set ups.
swap to a cbr954 front end for uber set up varience (expensive and I'm not Rossi!)
There's all sorts you can do but the 40mm center mounting holes restricts the choice. Brembo Goldline are 39.7mm so a good starting point. In conjunction with a smaller 14mm master cylinder , (GSXR1000 K2), which I can tune to suit my riding with after market levers, I should end up with progressive, powerful 'fronts' with plenty of adjustment which is what I'm used to.
Seems to be the best costed scenario but that all depends on state of donor calipers etc.
I've managed to have one finger braking on my bikes for years and that system took a while to fine tune , but with a bit of a fettle and time I'm sure its not insurmountable.
If I was looking to spend a bit more I could swap the front rim to a VFR400 which would add options of floating discs which would be lovely but I'll see. You know what Honda are like, if you stick your hands in as many of the parts bins as you can, eventually you'll find something that fits together and compatible.
It's not a racer so good, reliable front brakes are a simple requirement, I will end up swapping the calipers to the goldlines and nanny her up to an acceptable level but for now a strip, clean and inspection will do as it's October now and I'm away on the 27th until Crimbo so it's not like i'm really going to get much time on her. Just give me more time to scour the availability of bits over there in the good old US of A. and more time to investigate options.
Betty is a keeper though for sure.
