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Just thought I'd hijack this old thread for others who have searched for something similar. Tokico 6 pots are rubbish. At their best & when looked after they are a good caliper but require frequent stripping to maintain the same braking performance as any decent 4 pot. If you are looking for replacements and really want to stick with something that looks meatier than "just 4 pots", ISR, PFM, Harrison, Beringer all have 6 pot axial calipers for MEGABUCKS as they're a bit...special, but they're lovely. As a cheaper option, fit this axial-to-radial machined bracket from HEL: https://www.helperformance.com/axial-to-radial-caliper-conversion-brackets and then fit a common used radial caliper for less money because radial calipers are now the braking "standard" and because of the law of supply-and-demand they are now really affordable. And then you really have awesome stoppers. You will need to change your MC to suit.

Howdy. Also from downunder here with a GS1200SS that I've only had 2 weeks. I am from the other side of the Tasman, so I am nearer to your bike right now than you are? They are a great scoot, oddly comfy due to a great "rider triangle" (bars-seat-pegs), and a handy screen. They are also pretty torquey-ish yet keen revving. Kiwis are either really good at looking after their bikes or rrrreeeeaaaallllyy shit - I say that with love, I've been here 10 years and I'm an ex-Pom and found things like service history record keeping in NZ is woeful. Most are 180kph restricted. Mine has some weird switch thing that allows it the full rpm in all gears. Along with leaky carbs, an aftermarket pipe and K&N filter without any carb adjustment and a ride that is super hot, idles fast and runs really lean. Just dyno'd it and the AFR on the chart only goes upto 18:1 and it's way above it....things like the chain being slack, 6 pot brakes needing a caliper rebuild, crack in the plastics and screen not fixed, an aftermarket fuel tap for some reason.... Yeah my to-do list is long and I am going to spend some money on putting stuff right so it runs as it should. She's a toughie though. Next week she goes on the dyno again for some carb needle/jet swapping to get it down near 13/14:1 ish. Even at waaaay over 18:1 (it could be peaking at 25:1 in places!!) and not running right in standard trim (other than the exhaust) it still pulls 101.7bhp on the rear wheel. Which ain't bad for a mostly aircooled 2003 model in 2021.

Nah. Yes, GS1200SSs were very popular here in NZ but this was always intended as a Japanese only market machine and were mass imported unofficially, like the British "grey import" basis that the Brits did with a lot of the 400/4 mini supers Jap market bikes back in the 90s. So there are no European language manuals that I know of. There may be a Japanese language manual. Soz. Not enough GS1200SSs were sold outside of Japan to warrant a Haynes/Clymer manual or somesuch, nor a workshop manual. I've never even seen an owner's manual. You're shit outta luck. Folk who say "they're just a GSF1200 in fancy dress" are vaguely correct. But carbs are different, clocks are unique in that they came from something else and nearly all had the 180kph limiter which means the wiring does have some differences somewhere. The GSX-R thou thing sounds like bollocks to me. Yes to CVR32 from Keihin which look very similar to the GSF600 Bandit items!!