runner Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Recent writeup in MCNews got me thinking (dangerous)...anyways..would a swap to radial brakes be as good as it sounds? Combined with a delink it could put the CBXX brakes up there with current superbike brakes....thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon haney Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 To have radial brakes on a Bird, you would have to do a front end swap. Several members here have done that with ZX-14 forks. Others will work also. If you just wanted a radial master cylinder, I don't see why that wouldn't work as long as you do the de-link and use either 3/4" or 19mm master. Things that could be problematic would be mounting of the brake fluid reservoir and clearance with the fairing. I do think the master from my Triumph Street Triple would work. Not sure just replacing the master would gain you anything in stopping power, but might have better feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runner Posted October 14, 2013 Author Share Posted October 14, 2013 Finally went with the EPFAA pads. Wow, what a difference. They are worth every penny...they aren't radials...but sure are a huge improvement! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoWhee Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 There's a guy doing brembo conversions out of the UK. It's about $500 for the brackets and lines, the calipers are easily found on eBay for $100-150$. The MC you'll need is a 19 mm. Brembo has a RCS19, but one from a cbr600 f3, works too and looks OEM. With all that and some ebc HH pads the stopping power is amazing, one or two finger stopping, and great feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodeRash Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Recent writeup in MCNews got me thinking (dangerous)...anyways..would a swap to radial brakes be as good as it sounds? Combined with a delink it could put the CBXX brakes up there with current superbike brakes....thoughts? Sure......except for the extra 150-200 pounds they need to stop. Look at the 2013 Busa. It comes from the factory with Brembo monoblock radial brakes, and it still does not stop as well as any of the superbikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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