| This is another common mod in the UK - given the potential for (and frequency of) tuning the GSX 1100 EFE (GS 1150) motor, it follows that a better set of brakes would be good... | |
| If you have tuned
up your GSX 1100 EFE - or even if you haven't! - you can uprate your brakes
to modern standards using parts from the Breakers / junkyard in an hour... The secret ingredient you are looking for is a set of Nissin four-pot calipers - look like this --> |
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| These were fitted
to the GSX-R Slingshot range ('90 - '91 model years), have popped up on
a few other machines (e.g. The early Hinkley Triumphs '92-'95) and have
resurfaced on the 1200 Bandit recently. I am not sure about the Triumph
/ Bandit bracketry but if you can get a set from a '90 - '91 Slingshot
then these WILL BOLT STRAIGHT ON! Yes that's right - these will line up perfectly with the EFE / 1150 caliper mounts on the fork legs and will bite nice and hard on the stock discs. However if you just put them on au naturel they will be slightly offset and will eat the inner pads before the outers are half worn. You can either swap the pads around to get even wear but the best option is to put a couple of flat washers INSIDE the fork leg (between the fork leg and the caliper) to space the caliper more towards the centre of the wheel. |
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| Unbolt the old ones... |  |
| ...And as you can see, they really do bolt straight on! |  |
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Once they're on, bleed the brakes as per normal and then get used to two finger stopping from 140mph from now on!  |
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