XS1100 AUSTRALIA
General Talk => Found Online => Topic started by: Christian Raith on December 13, 2011, 10:44:03 AM
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http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/260511894899?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_833wt_1140
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Will these fit an XS ?
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Will these fit an XS ?
there not a bolt on fit, ull need to make a bracket up
between the forks and the calliper, nothing to drastic to do tho
i think christian has them fitted on his bike from memory.
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Bryan also has done the change the same as mine to the blue spot.
Difference is mind blowing especially with braided lines.
You have to be careful you don't bend the forks ;D ;D ;D
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with this mod do you use original m/cyld? and 11/16" or 14mm ?
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All original master cylinder but I have just replaced the old lines with braided.
I was running the blue spots for a few years with just the old lines with no problem but the braided lines make a big difference.
Main reason for the swap was for wet weather performance.
It is a cheap mod and I would recommend it.
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they're primo calipers, I'd snap them up at that price, adapter brackets are no big deal to get made up by a machinist, and it's not rocket science to make your own at home with hacksaw, drill and ruler but the mating surfaces have to be perfectly flat .
Mine bolted direct to swapped-in 41mm FZR forks with 320mm discs, got the bluespots US ebay dirt-cheap, something like 30 bucks, they seem heaps dearer these days though, work best with 14mm cylinder where you get a soft progressive feel with thunderous power hovering at the tip of just one finger.
The XS11 37mm forks will get whippy if you squeeze the lever hard but hey who tries stoppies on a 600lb XS11 anyway.
The bluespots are easy enough to strip completely, they're compact and one-piece unlike lots of other 4-pot calipers that split in two halves. To get the pistons out use a suitable sized piece of thin board which allows you to hold two pistons in whilst you use a simple tyre foot-pump to squeeze the opposing pair out.
Takes a bit of juggling between each side. The anodized blue alloy "spots" you don't need to buy the special tool to remove them because it's not necessary to do so. A flexy feeler-gauge blade is good for digging the rubber seals out of the cylinders to check for corrosion and gunk in the grooves
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ps check this chaindrive bike doing some hillclimbs and stuff. youtube XS1100 onboard