Brembo MC or B4 Caliper upgrade first?

Discussion in 'Mods, Upgrades, Accessories and Products' started by Gilesy, Dec 12, 2013.

  1. arthurbikemad

    arthurbikemad A very helpful Gent

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    So if I get some M4s I need to give you a ring Arthur

    And Colin have I ever told you how amazing you are and how nice the bike is looking
     
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  3. ColinBR

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    Lol

    Grovel grovel grovel :)
     
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  4. t0m541

    t0m541 Senior Member

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    Surely without the locating dowel, there is a chance that the caliper can move on the mounting point with the constant vibration from the road.
    I work with machinery that creates a lot of vibration and I know that, from experience, no matter how tight the bolts or fixing are vibration will cause havoc and damage within a surprisingly short amount of time.
    Do you know whether the dowels are available as an accessory or did you turn your own ??
    I can make or get some made if need be ...
     
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    arthurbikemad A very helpful Gent

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    Made them mate, the image is my tooling and dowels... I am sure the likes of PDQ etc have them, or you'd think so.
     
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    Thought you may have done, as I remember seeing a lathe in the background in a certain video posted recently :D
     
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    arthurbikemad A very helpful Gent

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    Ha, lathe here is older than me and in another workshop here, ColinBR is THE MAN for any lathe work let me tell you, I am just some school boy lathe opp he is the real deal for CNC etc!
     
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    Now now. Your making me blush

    I do like a bit of titanium though ;)

    [​IMG]
     
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  9. Souleh

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    I got HPK's on mine and didn't need inserts, is that a M4 thing?

    Also just so im clear (cause its always confuddled me) it goes ..
    OEM Caliper < Brembo M4 < Brembo 2 Part CNC HPK < Monoblock CNC < Random GP versions etc. ?

    My setup is Brembo 19x20 / Hel Lines / Brembo HPK / Standard discs
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  10. arthurbikemad

    arthurbikemad A very helpful Gent

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    Correct :) Nice bike too! :)
     
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  11. Slick

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    Where would say a GSXR OEM Brembo fit in that ranking?
     
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    OEM brembo are not very good .....

    And for owning them i prefer the M4 before the HPK.

    The hpk are very old calipers, just try the GP4RX , very good calipers.
     
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  13. Souleh

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    Thanks! Thats always destroyed my head when looking at calipers etc lol. Yet to try the HPK's but looking forward to it
     
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    Pant Pant Pant Pant Pant Pant Pant Pant Pant PantPantPantPant ooooooooooooahhhhhhhhhhh [​IMG]
     
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  15. t0m541

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    I love a chunk of titanium too :)
    [​IMG]
    Yes it's a solid titanium watch :)
     
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    I recon my ol' fella would like one of them :cool:
     
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  17. ColinBR

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    Trump that lol

    [​IMG]

    Yes it's a solid titanium jet engine ;)
     
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    That's very cool :)
     
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    Hard work that's what it is. Took an age to complete
     

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