need help fabricating brake conversion bracket

gus · Post by **gus** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 6:33 pm

Anybody who has engineering skills and machinery willing to help me construct a couple of adaptor plates.
I,ve got some brembo calipers of a aprilla mille.The mounting holes are different and i need a billet plate made to fix it to the BMW front fork lowers.
Rob(minivin)?
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Malc · Post by **Malc** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 8:21 pm

I got NWS in Hertford to make up some mounts for a pair of R1 callipers I'd aquired. A bit agricultural but they did the job.

The new callipers made bugger all difference to the brake performance though.

stempy · Post by **stempy** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 10:08 pm

While you're at it get some of the larger diameter discs from the newer models and have the brackets made to fit them instead. The newer discs fit straight on as the wheels are all the same. You might feel some difference then.

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 5:01 pm

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stempy · Post by **stempy** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 5:09 pm

Is any better than the ones BMW fit? Tin of gold paint would be less hassle

bigblackfalco · Post by **bigblackfalco** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 8:01 am

Me an Richy poohs had them Series oro on our falcos!
They are slightly better than the later BMW evolution brakes.
Personally I'd go the S/H fork leg/calipers/larger brake disc route.....but I guess that'd be a tad expensive.
Bailey.

gus · Post by **gus** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 5:09 pm

Thanks richard.
They are better than the ones on mine,not evolution type.
The pac parts bike use em.
May change master cylinder to a radial type aswell.But this would then require me to change the handle bars and switchgear.Will see how they fair under the bmw master cylinder.
And yes bailey,buying the later setup would incurr serious spondies.
gus