Tokico brake upgrade

[Guest]

Changing my single piston standard brake caliper on my GS1000C to a twin piston from an SV650 , as far as I am aware the master cylinder on my model has a 16mm bore so expect i will need to go up in size , does anyone have any recommendations for a new master cylinder. Will the master cylinder from the twin disc GS1000 work ?

 

[Nessism]

Changing my single piston standard brake caliper on my GS1000C to a twin piston from an SV650 , as far as I am aware the master cylinder on my model has a 16mm bore so expect i will need to go up in size , does anyone have any recommendations for a new master cylinder. Will the master cylinder from the twin disc GS1000 work ?

Any master with a 5/8" or 16mm bore will work.

 

[Agemax]

is that caliper a direct bolt on replacement or have you modified it to fit?

 

[Guest]

I am going to modify the bracket from the SV to fit

 

[Agemax]

I am going to modify the bracket from the SV to fit

Post some pics of how you modify it, folks here are always interested in easy brake upgrades.

 

[Guest]

No problem will do

 

[steve murdoch]

Post some pics of how you modify it, folks here are always interested in easy brake upgrades.

Agreed. If possible the year of the SV caliper and mounting bracket would also be helpful.

 

[Guest]

Thanks my mistake thinking my present bore is 16mm, it being actually 14mm since discovered after doing some research.
Part number for master cylinder piston on single disc model 59600-33810 14mm
Part number for master cylinder piston on twin disc set up 59600-47810 16mm

 

[cowboyup3371]

Have you talked to Salty Monk on here or read his thread about the twinpot upgrade? He made brackets to fit the Kawasaki style of twinpots so maybe that will work for you.

https://www.thegsresources.com/_for...50ES-GS1000G-GS1000E-GS850G&highlight=twinpot

 

[uk gs nut]

15160418450000836fd4a8895f30e by Dennis Harland, on Flickr

My take on the salty monk twinpot upgrade. Small steel bracket between fork and caliper carrier. I use a Bandit 12 master cylinder.

 

[chris]

is that caliper a direct bolt on replacement or have you modified it to fit?

The short answer is no. I few years ago, got a complete front braking system for 06 sv650s for real cheap. I deemed the calipers too much work for a retrofit so I binned them. I ended up using the 650s MC, two stainless lines, antidive delete, overhauled stock calipers and new ceramic pads. All this made a very noticeable difference. Totally happy with the front brakes.

 

[Guest]

Have you talked to Salty Monk on here or read his thread about the twinpot upgrade? He made brackets to fit the Kawasaki style of twinpots so maybe that will work for you.

https://www.thegsresources.com/_for...50ES-GS1000G-GS1000E-GS850G&highlight=twinpot

Yes read them thanks. Hopefully in a couple of weeks I will have the template made up for the sv caliper and post pics as it progresses

 

[salty_monk]

The new style bracket already fits the SV caliper... I'm using them now. They are also on the V-strom and the EX650

Your stock master will work. Single brake model are usually 14mm piston.

If using it on a single brake model you need to use a Disk from a Honda Blackbird.

We used a simple strap bracket in the early days as UK GS NUT has done but it's not totally safe as you're relying on the torque on the bolts only to stop it rotating around the caliper. It's meant to be triangulated back so that can't happen. I'm surprised you can get a kosher MOT in the UK with it like that.

This is the single brake thread:

https://www.thegsresources.com/_for...e-Upgrade-on-GS550E-GS750C-GS1000C&highlight=

 

[uk gs nut]

I'll just leave this here.

received_468036703974404 by Dennis Harland, on Flickr

 

[Guest]

[RegQUOTE=salty_monk;2651246]The new style bracket already fits the SV caliper... I'm using them now. They are also on the V-strom and the EX650

Your stock master will work. Single brake model are usually 14mm piston.

If using it on a single brake model you need to use a Disk from a Honda Blackbird.

We used a simple strap bracket in the early days as UK GS NUT has done but it's not totally safe as you're relying on the torque on the bolts only to stop it rotating around the caliper. It's meant to be triangulated back so that can't happen. I'm surprised you can get a kosher MOT in the UK with it like that.

This is the single brake thread:

https://www.thegsresources.com/_for...e-Upgrade-on-GS550E-GS750C-GS1000C&highlight=[/QUOTE] regarding disc from honda blackbird, can you tell me what year as I've read they changed dimensions in 1999

 

[Peter#1266]

My take on this (inspired by Salty Monk) - CBR600 rotors, Concours calipers and master cylinder. Original Connie brackets with extensions added (welding by professional and tested by certifying authority) No shims between hub and disks. Bike is GS1100GK which has fatter forks than the standard 1100G
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[Guest]

Can anyone confirm which year disc from the honda blackbird to use which fits the single disc gs1000c ? My research comes up with the pre 1999 model with the same size inner bore as the GS at 58mm but pictures posted on this forum seem to show the later 99> model pattern disc which has a 62mm centre bore.