brakes

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Last summer I bought an 85 Vmax with a Yamaha R1 front end already mounted. I am very disappointed with the braking performance, the gold dot calipers. I am not sure if the brakes are generally not great performing brakes, or if mine are the exception. I would like to have excellent brakes so...

Recently acquired an 07 Vmax 1200 and trying to familiarise myself with issues that can enhance ownership. Reading through several topics have come across the issue of changes to the brakes. So, an initial question. Does my late model Gen1 have improvements that possibly eliminate the need to...

Hey guys .I pulled my rear brake pads and they are almost paper thin.i see alot of differant types of pads out there and was wondering whats good for my max.

So my front brakes had zero stopping power and a friend of mine helped rebuild the master. MUch much better feel. I had previously attempted to bleed the rear brakes (even though they were in fine working condition, would almost stop the bike, even without the front brake), but after they...

well i finally finished what i should have in the spring, but with a boat and two other bikes, sometimes its hard to get motivated. here is my 97 max with the wave rotors frt/rear and a R1 caliper, and a new headlight from exactrep. still have a chrome grabrail to install, but i am not sure...

Getting closer to winter and I have been mulling over the idea of fitting a set of ABS brakes to Tweety for its annual winter upgrade. Not as far fetched as it may seem. The technology is out there and proven. It is just a matter of integrating an existing system onto a 1st gen Venture...

Hi Chaps, have recently added some new bits to the bike, which means I have some of the original bits to sell. there's a pair of wheels and front disks, and a pair of front callipers and a lever, all still in one piece. Links here...

So I am in the process of doing a chain drive conversion and am running an 02 R1 rear wheel and rotor right now. I got a used caliper and braket from the same bike, how will the R1 stock rear brakes rate compared to the vmax stock rear? The rotor on the R1 is about 2" smaller in diameter so...

What are symptoms of piston seals needing replacement? I noticed a spongy feel at times even though I know there should be no air. Wondering if the pistons are not retracting all the way sometimes.

It turns out that alot of vmax owners i knew (mostly police officers, as the bike was delivered to the police department in Egypt) had many accidents because of the brakes (aside from the terrible traffic we have (Egypt))!! can anything be done to improve the braking on this magnificent bike?

Many of you don't know the rear caliper situation that we had done on my bike. I hope to have some pictures out soon.... ok so we did an underslung front left later Vmax caliper. Originally I had an R1 but changed it out for cosmetic reasons. The underslung mount usually hangs down a bit, but...

My front brakes are a little grabby .The pads look ok and I cleaned the rotors but when I just touch the fronts when going about 15to 20mph they grab and I dont like it.

So my bike is all back together and ready to roll, the only thing stopping me right now is front brakes.... they barely grab. Let me start from the beginning. Calipers were removed, lines left hanging on the bike, and placed in a box with other parts. Without thinking :bang head: I...

Hey guys, much more, including some pics to follow on this but I wanted to let you all know I got my parts from Sean Morley for my brakes upgrade for my 1990 'Max. Sean sent the parts out last week, when he was still waiting for payment from me for the parts. That meant that by the time I...

My has the front brakes locked on it, I rode it sunday and it was fine went out today to go to class on it and the brakes were locked up. Any ideas or things to look for. thanks

Thanks for looking in - Installed new pads and not sure how to bleed brakes?! Doesn't seem to work like my car - I tried pushing and hold brake down, open bleeder w/ tube in fluid, tightend bleeder -- but nothing really happening. I tried pumping brake and old fluid and a good bit of air did...

Hi Buds - This incident happened last July 2nd. Now that my heart rate has finally returned to normal, I feel comfortable enough to post a question. In June of last year, I replaced the brake fluid (using NEW DOT 4), in both front and rear brakes, as well as the clutch. I had disconnected...

I just bought a pack of 25, 10mm copper crush washers from McMaster Carr. Cost was $7.61 + $4.39 shipping, total of $12.00. McMaster P/N is 97725A200 for 25. If you are going to do brake work and remove the lines, these should be replaced. The items I received looked identical to what is...

I had new Shinko tires put on f and r today. My rear pads are so thin if you held them up to the light you could probably see thru them. I was looking at Bike Bandit at EBC with dual sintered pads and was wondering if this is what most of you use. My braking system is totally stock. I have...