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Sorry to learn of the breakdown it's good someone let you leave it in their drive way. I had a relative who suffered a flat NS front, worn through on shoulder, and a farm type place wouldn't let her put her car in there out of the road until rescued. I was the one that rescued them and fitted the spare.
It's been a while
Not ridden yet only fitted and bled this morning, currently I'm ironing as I'm so very rock and roll.
It was originally built for a zzr11c model not the D that I have, I've had to fettle it a bit , usual stuff, hacksaw, Dremel, carbon burr and a file.
The bit that was the problem is the bit in-between the two mounting bolts,
I've removed some of the fork bracket and a bit off of the socket for the big bolt that makes it radial.
You may have noticed the exquisite hand made washers masquerading as a spacer, the radial bolt it TI so I'm going to get a shorter one
So far after bleeding the brakes don't drag, nice lever feel and they go on and release well.
Not ridden yet only fitted and bled this morning, currently I'm ironing as I'm so very rock and roll.
It was originally built for a zzr11c model not the D that I have, I've had to fettle it a bit , usual stuff, hacksaw, Dremel, carbon burr and a file.
The bit that was the problem is the bit in-between the two mounting bolts,
I've removed some of the fork bracket and a bit off of the socket for the big bolt that makes it radial.
You may have noticed the exquisite hand made washers masquerading as a spacer, the radial bolt it TI so I'm going to get a shorter one
So far after bleeding the brakes don't drag, nice lever feel and they go on and release well.
Not a lot has happened since the last update.
It was used through most of the winter because someone bought a mk4 golf estate with a short MOT which then failed and needed work.
The radial calipers were the last major change, I didn't like the feel from and the amount of force you had to put through the brake lever.
After a bit of research I found out that the r1m Yamaha radial master cylinder had a 15mm bore, looking online it seems I needed a 17.5mm or a 19mm
I was gifted a cbr100rr master cylinder that is 17.5mm bore.
I fitted it today which was a pain as the Banjo bolt was where the throttle cables wanted to go, so I turned the switchgear around the handlebar a bit, this meant the switchgear wiring was now in the way but much easier to reroute
The feeling is not night and day but most of the time (20 miles so far) I could two finger brake
I'm going to try a 19mm (k5 onwards gsxr) radial and see which I prefer
It was used through most of the winter because someone bought a mk4 golf estate with a short MOT which then failed and needed work.
The radial calipers were the last major change, I didn't like the feel from and the amount of force you had to put through the brake lever.
After a bit of research I found out that the r1m Yamaha radial master cylinder had a 15mm bore, looking online it seems I needed a 17.5mm or a 19mm
I was gifted a cbr100rr master cylinder that is 17.5mm bore.
I fitted it today which was a pain as the Banjo bolt was where the throttle cables wanted to go, so I turned the switchgear around the handlebar a bit, this meant the switchgear wiring was now in the way but much easier to reroute
The feeling is not night and day but most of the time (20 miles so far) I could two finger brake
I'm going to try a 19mm (k5 onwards gsxr) radial and see which I prefer
I managed to get a ride on it today ..
Recently I've got someone else to do the fork,as they would leak after a few months when I did them
Put the original suspension dog bones back on, I put zzr600 ones on as they are longer and give a lower seat height, I also set the rear chain adjuster eccentrics to the upper position as it's a big old bird and I like more than one toe on the floor.
And I did a q/a throttle mod with a cable tie.
I did about 25 miles, the excuse was we had run out of chicken and bacon.
The seat height, I can now only touch down with one foot but all toes, when I first had it it was one toe and that was a stretch, it feels better riding now, a bit more weight on the front end, the forks have 10w in them now as the 15w made it.really harsh.
The throttle feels much better, it's still a lot of throttle movement but It feels more responsive.
The next thing is to repair the fairing lowers, they have cracked and are generally in bad repair, I bought a plastic welder staple thing, mainly because the front mudguard was cracking and even though it's a gpz1100e one as the oe's are not available in good condition at a sensible pric
Recently I've got someone else to do the fork,as they would leak after a few months when I did them
Put the original suspension dog bones back on, I put zzr600 ones on as they are longer and give a lower seat height, I also set the rear chain adjuster eccentrics to the upper position as it's a big old bird and I like more than one toe on the floor.
And I did a q/a throttle mod with a cable tie.
I did about 25 miles, the excuse was we had run out of chicken and bacon.
The seat height, I can now only touch down with one foot but all toes, when I first had it it was one toe and that was a stretch, it feels better riding now, a bit more weight on the front end, the forks have 10w in them now as the 15w made it.really harsh.
The throttle feels much better, it's still a lot of throttle movement but It feels more responsive.
The next thing is to repair the fairing lowers, they have cracked and are generally in bad repair, I bought a plastic welder staple thing, mainly because the front mudguard was cracking and even though it's a gpz1100e one as the oe's are not available in good condition at a sensible pric
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