2004-05 GSX-R forks & Yamaha monoblock calipers

[Stuart Ferreira]

How much do you charge the machine the rotors?  I may have a set I want done.
 

> Subject: Re: 2004-05 GSX-R forks & Yamaha monoblock calipers
> From: zv30 at sbcglobal.net
> Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 22:03:41 -0700
> To: sv650 at micapeak.com
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> I machined many of this calipers to work with 300 rotors. It is 8mm not 10.
> Or you can use srad gen rotors as mentioned and 2mm spacers.
> Steel centering bushing needs to come out regardless what you use.
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> Thanks,
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> Zoran Vujasinovic
> TWF Racing
> 775-786-4881
> www.twfracing.com
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> On Jul 23, 2011, at 5:11 PM, Henrik Bo Pedersen wrote:
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> > I put 2005-05 forks on my '99 SV and was going to use Yamaha monoblock calipers of similar vintage. I thought it was a direct bolt-on, but it looks to me like the Yamaha calipers sit ~10mm proud. In other words, they'd need to sit ~10mm lower in order for the brake pads to make full contact with the rotors.
> > 
> > I could try to remove the steel centering bushings in the Yamaha calipers, but that would only buy me an additional ~3mm.
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> > I could try to have 10mm machined off of the Yamaha "stand-offs" but from vague memory didn't think it was necessary.
> > 
> > Thoughts?
> > 
> > Henrik
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