Twinpot Brake upgrade on 78 Skunk

[Chuck78]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/361441589598

95-98 CBR600F3 rotors relisted, $60.99 shipped! 74mm bolt circle, need to redrill the pattern using salty's spacers as a template. Very excellent deal...

[salty_monk]

Need a shipping address & telephone please mate

Thanks Dan, Have sent paypal tonight!

[salty_monk]

PM'd you.

Cheers,

Dan

Got asked if I had any sets left. I do have 7 or 8 sets left currently.

Hi Salty,
please can you email me with details of how i can order and pay(via paypal) for a set of you brackets etc. for the brake conversion to be sent to the uk?

Cheers
Paul

[salty_monk]

Got asked if I had any sets left. I do have 7 or 8 sets left currently.

I hit them with the scuz wheel you can get these from Harbor Freight.

http://3mcollision.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/0/1/01410-Roloc-Brake-Rotor-Surface-Conditioning-Disc-Starter-Pack.jpg

[salty_monk]

Doesn't really matter in my experience, don't hit them too hard you just want to remove any old pad material residue

Wet n Dry, Emery cloth, sandpaper... (take your pick) followed by some brake cleaner.

Hmmm, I can do {redo} that......swirl pattern to aid in pad break in?

[salty_monk]

Wet n Dry, Emery cloth, sandpaper... (take your pick) followed by some brake cleaner.

"Deglazing" sounds new to me...how do we do that? {this old dog always likes to learn new tricks}

I'd like to add that when you get a pair of floating rotors, like the F4s, to make sure you clean and clear the rings to make sure they can all turn by finger before you button up a new system....this way you'll have good use of the floating aspect that it was designed for. Alot of folks say those don't turn...when clean, they do turn!
I took my rotors - "off bike" - and cleaned them off really well, then liberally sprayed brake clean around the rings - some of them were able to turn by finger, but some still wouldn't. I sprayed PB blaster around the stubborn ones, let it soak, then hit them twice with brake clean and they all turned after that.
-Don't try this with any pads near by or on, as they could get contaminated by the penetrating oil and ruin the brake pads.
Those rings do get crud or brake dust in them.

I'd like to add that you should deglaze the rotors while you have them off as well. It will help the new pads bed in properly especially if you are going from organic to metallic linings. The brakes will feel weak until you grab a hand full of them a few times, as the pad material has to fill in the scratches on the rotors. Once that happens the new setup will easily lock up the front tire using the stock 5/8 " master cylinder. https://goo.gl/photos/5i5PxBSUB4sz9Jqk6

[salty_monk]

There is a plastic cover on the other side of the hub. Remove it & you will see the holes for another rotor.

You may be lucky & find that the holes are threaded to full depth - You may find you need to run a tap down them & increase the length of the existing thread. Some of them appear to not have had the threads finished at the factory on the unused side but the holes & some thread is there (I suspect they needed the holes & some thread to fix it to some machinery during the manufacturing process but saved some pennies by not cutting them to full length - Time = money in manufacturing).

Looking at my single rotor 1978 GS1000, is seems my spoked rim hub does not have a mount for another rotor? Am I missing something? How are you guys adding newer rotors and calipers onto the stock 19" spoked rim??

I'd like to add that when you get a pair of floating rotors, like the F4s, to make sure you clean and clear the rings to make sure they can all turn by finger before you button up a new system....this way you'll have good use of the floating aspect that it was designed for. Alot of folks say those don't turn...when clean, they do turn!
I took my rotors - "off bike" - and cleaned them off really well, then liberally sprayed brake clean around the rings - some of them were able to turn by finger, but some still wouldn't. I sprayed PB blaster around the stubborn ones, let it soak, then hit them twice with brake clean and they all turned after that.
-Don't try this with any pads near by or on, as they could get contaminated by the penetrating oil and ruin the brake pads.
Those rings do get crud or brake dust in them.