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- From: alanf@eng.tridom.com (Alan Fleming)
- Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
- Subject: Re: ZX-11 front brake.
- Message-ID: <BxvEJC.F3y@tridom.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 17:14:00 GMT
- Article-I.D.: tridom.BxvEJC.F3y
- References: <1992Nov17.094551.38@iris-dcp.es>
- Sender: news@tridom.com
- Reply-To: alanf@eng.tridom.com (Alan Fleming)
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- In article <1992Nov17.094551.38@iris-dcp.es>, marrevola@iris-dcp.es writes:
- > Any advice to improve the front brake performance of a ZX-11?
- >
- Sure, ride any bike made in the 70's. Sure worked when I went from my CB400
- to the geezer!
-
- If that isn't enough, make sure you have stainless steel braided front brake
- lines, good pads (SBS seems to be the current favorite) and fresh fluid. If
- that still doesn't give you the desired performance, either rebuild the
- calipers or find some bigger ones (if there are bigger calipers! Those ZX-11
- ones are pretty sizable.) Mounting the bigger calipers can be tricky as
- it depends on fork size, mount points, etc, etc. Of you could get really
- RADDical and try to swap fronts with the new GTS. That is, of course, left
- as an exercise to the reader.
-
- Think Peace.
- -- Alan (alanf@eng.tridom.com)
- KotBBBB (1988 GSXR1100J) AMA# 634578 DOD# 4210
-