Recent content by colin

your not sure that upping the size of the master cylinder has to do with better performance? give brembo a call ask them why they sell them and why so many riders use them. size does matter my friend, sun is out going for a ride.

the fz1 uses a 16mm master cylinder and the r1 uses 16mm master cylinder so without upgrading the master cylinder what gains are you going to get. i agree that you may get a better feel of the brakes by the direction of which the piston travels,

the term radial relates to the way the calipers are mounted on the forks in relation to the front axle and are designed to create less flex under braking,the 07/08 master cylinder is a brembo but is only a 16mm bore so will not give a great deal of improvement.the benifits come from the radial...

i went with the 07/08 r1 front and used the standard brake lines and master cylinder to start with, you dont get any great gain with the r1 master cylinder it is 16mm bore. i now run with a brembo 19x20 master cylinder and hell brake lines. the banjo comes out from the bottom of the mc so again...

£350 for the wp rear shock,

just fitted a white power rear shock to the bike. half hours work job done.back at work later so may not get time to ride it today.

uk members try this site ecuflash.co.uk.

pc111 now off the bike,bike runs fine have emailed dynojet uk just waiting for thier reply.

checked all connections and grounded to the battery, loaded zero map the bike ran for about 2min then engine warning light came on stunk of petrol then died

just plugged pc3 into the bike started the bike yellow engine light on sounds like its dropped 1 or 2 cylinders and flooding petrol out of overflow. the lights go on the pc3 when first plugged in. got the lap top connected it say not communicating until you use the 9v battery any help would be...

anybody running on 180/55/17 as to what the manual says the 19/50/17 would welcome feed back.

hi , i changed my rear end on my fz1s or ( the us version ) as you call it.not cheap to do and if you are paying postage both ways, e-bay would be the way to go.the colours of the fz1n and fz1s differ so a paint job may be needed. i have some pics in the gallery mods section well worth doing if...

done the r1 conversion myself took me a couple of hours to complete,gold forks very nice.yes the fork lenght is the same as the fz1 so no difference in ride hieght.got some spacers made everythink fits like a glove. however on the advice of one of the members i also changed the front discs for...

for sale front forks, brake discs and calipers off my 08 fz1s.front forks £325 +postage front brake discs £80+postage calipers £85+postage. postage for the forks wont be cheep as they are ten kilo in wieght quoted £50 to post to germany just to give you a idea regards colin FORKS NOW SOLD

it is somethink i am lookining into, costing the options ie r1 oem, galfer wavey there are a lot to choose from.also changing brake lines to braided/ss and master cylinder again cost comes into it alot.all opinions welcome gives me more to think over. now put r1 discs on as the other member...