(08-09-13, 11:06 PM)unfazed link Wrote: Replaced my front Blue Spots with a set of 2003 R1 Gold Spots.
Will post a picture when I get to take it out of the garage, started raining as I was finishing up and did not get a chance to take it for a spin. They look good on the Fazer
The pistons are black and look like a teflon coating just like the Fazer 400 Brembos. They are supposed to be the best of the bunch before they changed to radial ones
Yum yum unfazed, this looks like a tasty mod,
Now please tell me how easy it is to do & how plentifull these bad boys are.
Easiest way to go fast........don't buy a blue bike
A direct replacement, only extra was 4 copper washers for the banjo bolts on the calipers. They even take the same brake pads. The longest part of the job was bleeding the brakes afterwards
I got them on ebay from Germany for £120 incl postage. I was looking for about a month, but they seem come up regularly enough. They are from the 2002/2003 R1. There were plenty of them available in the US at the time.
(08-09-13, 11:59 PM)unfazed link Wrote: A direct replacement, only extra was 4 copper washers for the banjo bolts on the calipers. They even take the same brake pads. The longest part of the job was bleeding the brakes afterwards
I got them on ebay from Germany for £120 incl postage. I was looking for about a month, but they seem come up regularly enough. They are from the 2002/2003 R1. There were plenty of them available in the US at the time.
how are they different to the OEM "Blue spot" calipers? is it just the colour, or are the pistons etc a different size?
Glasgow to Malaig and back, 340 miles.......the mighty Fazer Thou didn't miss a beat..... Brilliant day out, pissed down big style on the way back and glad I put Dunlop Roadsmarts on a few weeks ago, great grip in the wet
(09-09-13, 06:16 AM)bigbluebear link Wrote: Glasgow to Malaig and back, 340 miles.......the mighty Fazer Thou didn't miss a beat..... Brilliant day out, pissed down big style on the way back and glad I put Dunlop Roadsmarts on a few weeks ago, great grip in the wet
Malaig road is the one with all the speed limit signs on the tight bends - dual carriageway? Foc me it was windy when I did that road! Good ride tho'.
(09-09-13, 07:39 AM)nick crisp link Wrote: [quote author=bigbluebear link=topic=6412.msg100214#msg100214 date=1378703766]
Glasgow to Malaig and back, 340 miles.......the mighty Fazer Thou didn't miss a beat..... Brilliant day out, pissed down big style on the way back and glad I put Dunlop Roadsmarts on a few weeks ago, great grip in the wet
Malaig road is the one with all the speed limit signs on the tight bends - dual carriageway? Foc me it was windy when I did that road! Good ride tho'.
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I think you remember wrong Nick as there are no dual carriage ways to Mallaig
that will be the A830.....rode it this summer from mallaig down to fort william...single carriageway with tight bends around the rock face.....dry day for me,fantastic road
Went to go out yesterday for a long overdue play in the aim to rack up a few hundred miles but alas it was not meant to be. Got out to the garage and faffed around a bit checking out the air filter... then the bugger wouldn't start again. Spent 10 mins figuring out what was wrong and... the kill switch had been knocked again *sighs*
So left late, then got about 3 miles away and the bike started to splutter and come to a halt... crap... god damn fuel pipe is kinked under the tank and I forgot to bring any tools with me. Half hour later my house mate turns up and I get the bike running again. By this point big black clouds have come over and are looking menacing so gave up and rode home - it just wasn't meant to be. Turned out that the rest of the day was actually quite nice with no rain but I bet if I'd have continued it would have thrown it down just to spite me
(09-09-13, 10:11 AM)red98 link Wrote: that will be the A830.....rode it this summer from mallaig down to fort william...single carriageway with tight bends around the rock face.....dry day for me,fantastic road
That's the very one and it was dry for me too, it didn't start raining until Crianlarich all the way down Loch Lomond side then cleared up at the Erskine Bridge
thats the same route i took after camping at glen nevis and then a night camping on the shore of loch lomond.....fantastic roads allround ,your lucky to have them on your doorstep,bit of a trek for me :\
(09-09-13, 09:48 AM)bigbluebear link Wrote: [quote author=nick crisp link=topic=6412.msg100218#msg100218 date=1378708770]
[quote author=bigbluebear link=topic=6412.msg100214#msg100214 date=1378703766]
Glasgow to Malaig and back, 340 miles.......the mighty Fazer Thou didn't miss a beat..... Brilliant day out, pissed down big style on the way back and glad I put Dunlop Roadsmarts on a few weeks ago, great grip in the wet
Malaig road is the one with all the speed limit signs on the tight bends - dual carriageway? Foc me it was windy when I did that road! Good ride tho'.
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I think you remember wrong Nick as there are no dual carriage ways to Mallaig
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Don't know why I remember it that way then, but there's a longish section that's been improved recently, 30 mph limit signs on all the bends?
refitted my front wheel to the bike after the tyre getting changed. then noticed they had put the tyre on backwards...so it will need to go back again. tw$ts :thumbdown
(14-09-13, 04:42 PM)stinch182 link Wrote: Did a full service on my bike today ... Think it needed it just ticked over 40k . Starts and runs smoother now .
Not suprising considering the condition of that old air cleaner :eek
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