Front Brake Upgrade Questions

[DonTZ125]

... and get yourself a bleeder banjo for the m/cyl, with a speed bleeder (check valve) screw to replace the normal bleeder. Your sanity will thank you ...

[thatkid]

... and get yourself a bleeder banjo for the m/cyl, with a speed bleeder (check valve) screw to replace the normal bleeder. Your sanity will thank you ...

+1 to that although it'll add another 30 bucks :/

[pefrey]

+1 for a Master Cylinder banjo bolt with bleeder valve.

Note that the mounting of the line to the caliper is different for YZF calipers and FZR calipers. The YZF are on the side of the caliper and the FZR are on the rear of the caliper. This makes the lines NOT interchangeable. You'd have to twist the lines quite a bit to get them to fit.

As for a warped rotor: 1. the buttons are supposed to stick out a little from the rotor 2. scotchbrite your rotors, clean them up. Most rotors are not actually warped but have residual brake material on them in one or more spots that builds up, causing a pulsing that can be felt in the lever.

[pefrey]

BTW $53 for a set of lines is pretty sweet. That includes the banjo which is nice. I don't know that I'd knock it just because the company is not popular. If they were shipped from China then yes, I'd pass.

[thatkid]

+1 for a Master Cylinder banjo bolt with bleeder valve.

Note that the mounting of the line to the caliper is different for YZF calipers and FZR calipers. The YZF are on the side of the caliper and the FZR are on the rear of the caliper. This makes the lines NOT interchangeable. You'd have to twist the lines quite a bit to get them to fit.

As for a warped rotor: 1. the buttons are supposed to stick out a little from the rotor 2. scotchbrite your rotors, clean them up. Most rotors are not actually warped but have residual brake material on them in one or more spots that builds up, causing a pulsing that can be felt in the lever.

Spiegler lines have a rotating banjo so you can set it how you need it.

[thatkid]

BTW $53 for a set of lines is pretty sweet. That includes the banjo which is nice. I don't know that I'd knock it just because the company is not popular. If they were shipped from China then yes, I'd pass.

I look at it from the standpoint of it sounds too good to be true.....

On something like brakes I'd go with a name brand. A rear line..sure go for it. Even building your own lines you can't do it that cheap.

[nathanjp93]

Cool, I ordered a two-line kit made for the FZR. Unfortunately, the master cylinder (off ebay) came in the mail today, broken. I'm gonna have to contact the seller and get this figured out.

[Hamaya]

Off topic, but what part of WI are you in, Nathan? Madison here.

[nathanjp93]

That's cool, I'm from the Milwaukee area. Not too far!
I can't find any double bleeder bolts online, I know how much of a headache bleeding can be so I think it'll be worth it. I ended up going with the Speigler lines. They're for the FZR and I'm keeping the stock calipers anyway (for now). I also picked up an 06 r6 M/C and got it all mounted up.
My next question is about the front rotor bolts. The heads are getting pretty stripped out, is there anything stopping me from picking up SS replacements at the hardware store?

[Redoliander]

I'd say take one off and take it to a specialty store. Home Depot or Lowes won't have it. Here in AZ I go to True Value hardware stores. They have helpful employees and tons of metric and SAE nuts and bolts.

[gsxridiot]

+1 for a Master Cylinder banjo bolt with bleeder valve.

Note that the mounting of the line to the caliper is different for YZF calipers and FZR calipers. The YZF are on the side of the caliper and the FZR are on the rear of the caliper. This makes the lines NOT interchangeable. You'd have to twist the lines quite a bit to get them to fit.

As for a warped rotor: 1. the buttons are supposed to stick out a little from the rotor 2. scotchbrite your rotors, clean them up. Most rotors are not actually warped but have residual brake material on them in one or more spots that builds up, causing a pulsing that can be felt in the lever.

Spiegler lines have a rotating banjo so you can set it how you need it.

+1 on those spiegler lines, the ability to rotate the banjos is a huge help- especially when your doing a custom setup
a great company to deal with
i use their products on all my bikes