Replacement Brakes

[The Prophet of Doom]

Saw this while trawling the web for "images"

It's an SR500, but with rotor which is off a Yamaha TZR250 and the brake caliper and master cylinder is off a GPZ1000RX
Looks like an easy upgrade for peaple who are dissatisfied with their braking performance.

Braided lines wouldn't hurt either

[fret not]

Stainless rotors look nice and don't rust but cast iron has much better friction for stopping.  Ducati and Motoguzzi rotors are not stainless for a reason, performance.  There are custom brake shops that will make just about any configuration of rotor you need.   Just something to think about.

I picked up a couple calipers from a FZR1000 for next to nothing (eBay), and will be putting at least one on my bike.  Nice double piston units.

[QBS]

So Fret, how did your brake plans work out?

[fret not]

So, my plan got derailed a bit as some Euro fork lowers, calipers, and discs were offered to me.  I am taking the path of least resistance here and putting the XZ550 Euro brakes on since there is no modification required.