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Patrick's GSX-R7/11F Project The calipers with adapter plates Though the standard brakes of an '86 GSX-R750 may look prehistoric, they're not bad at all. But I couldn't resist when I was offered some Tokico RGV250 calipers which are renown to be one of the best brakes produced ever (helped ofcourse by the serious lack of weight the RGV has, but as they are also fitted on much heavier bikes I reckoned they'd do allright). Also on the wish list was a brake pump with a remote reservoir because the fixed reservoirs on the standard pumps stood angled on the bars after fitting the straight drag bar instead of the normal clip-ons. Because of this it was very hard to put enough brake fluid in the reservoirs without spilling. Sam, who also gave me the calipers had an adjustable pump from a not to be mentioned bike laying around which suited the purpose just fine and threw in a nice set of Goodridge stainless hoses with steel banjo's and anodized aluminum bolts. Robby gave me a nice small Brembo reservoir from a 916 to make everything complete. Ofcourse the calipers didn't fit the mounting points on the forks straight away, so some adapter plates had to be made. I measured the distance between the holes with the calipers held in place by some tie-raps, and drew the initial design of the plates. A colleague of mine has a workshop at home and made the plates out of 20mm thick high-grade aluminum. When trying to fit them I discovered I had to take out some additional material from the adapters before they would fit the calipers. I repainted the calipers with heat-resistant anthracite paint and put in new Ferodo brake pads. The brake system was filled with Castrol DOT 5.1 brake fluid. |
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