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Blue Spot Rear Caliper
« on: 19 February 2019, 10:27:27 pm »
Thinking of upgrading my rear caliper for a Blue Spot one, my question is does it matter if it comes from an R6, FZS1000, XJR1300 etc or are they all the same caliper? Thanks in advance.

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Re: Blue Spot Rear Caliper
« Reply #1 on: 19 February 2019, 11:14:12 pm »
Don't believe that the R6 caliper is a blue spot.

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Re: Blue Spot Rear Caliper
« Reply #2 on: 20 February 2019, 12:56:10 am »
Ok my mistake on that, but the main point of my question is are all blue spot rear calipers the same from that era late 90s early 2000s?

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Re: Blue Spot Rear Caliper
« Reply #3 on: 20 February 2019, 02:01:23 pm »
Yes they will all fit but you need the bracket as well to modify to work, also the TRX850 will to but need bracket & torque arm. 

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Re: Blue Spot Rear Caliper
« Reply #4 on: 20 February 2019, 06:57:06 pm »
only the fazer 1000 and xjr1300 are a fit the rest will nee major mods to work

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Re: Blue Spot Rear Caliper
« Reply #5 on: 20 February 2019, 08:20:12 pm »
Brilliant, just what I needed to know. I thought you could modify the FZS600 bracket to fit the blue spot? Thanks guys.
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Re: Blue Spot Rear Caliper
« Reply #6 on: 20 February 2019, 08:54:33 pm »
Yes you are correct the FZS600 bracket can be modded with a bit of grinding.

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Re: Blue Spot Rear Caliper
« Reply #7 on: 20 February 2019, 10:22:35 pm »
Great thanks for the help all, didn't want to end up buying the wrong one!

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Re: Blue Spot Rear Caliper
« Reply #8 on: 21 February 2019, 02:04:38 pm »
only the fazer 1000 and xjr1300 are a fit the rest will nee major mods to work

These require minor filing/grinding to the 600 mounting bracket as the new caliper is a different shape. 

The blue spot caliper from other bikes look the same but the mounting bolts have a different spacing between them so you can't use the 600 bracket.  The 600 uses a smaller wheel spindle diameter than the donor bikes and possibly other dimension differences so the bracket from the donor bike can't be used either

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Re: Blue Spot Rear Caliper
« Reply #9 on: 21 February 2019, 08:16:17 pm »
Thanks again. So to sum up either the Fazer Thou or XJR calipers can be used with the FZS bracket with minor fettling to the FZS bracket?