Blue spot brackets

[XSIIE]

JHonesy,

here are a few

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Yamaha-R6-R1-XJR-Fazer-blue-spot-front-brake-calipers-98-99-00-01-02-03-04-/350823200751?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts_13&hash=item51aeb137ef

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/02-03-Yamaha-YZFR1-YZF-R1-Front-Brake-Calipers-OEM-/190867996726?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2c709e8036

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/03-Yamaha-R1-Front-Brake-Calipars-Calipers-/181144915082?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2a2d140c8a

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/98-99-Yamaha-YZF-R1-Front-Brake-Calipers-/380658353914?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item58a10186fa

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/98-01-YAMAHA-R1-FRONT-CALIPERS-LEFT-AND-RIGHT-OEM-PART-FORKS-SUSPENSION-/121081079591?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item1c30fea727

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1999-02-Yamaha-YZF-R6-99-00-01-R6-Right-Left-Front-Brake-Calipers-2-/290942596676?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item43bd87b644

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/03-04-06-07-08-YAMAHA-YZF-R6-YZFR6-R6S-OEM-FRONT-BRAKE-CALIPERS-MASTER-CYLINER-/321135390146?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4ac5292dc2

There's heaps on ebay.  The cheapest including shipping are from the U S of A coming in at around $120.  If you were to buy them here, Metropolitan have hundreds of sets but they start at around $150  and go north.

If there was enough interest we could probably do a bulk order at a "special "price.

If anyone is keen then I would look into it.

Cheers

Eddy.

78E standard brakes (pull up eventually)
81 RH Harrison billet 4 pots (the best)
81 RH standard brakes (the worst)
81H R1 Bluespots (2nd best)

[SCARFEY]

Jonesy.....Lathe cost me $300 bucks out of a building being closed up....bit of a bargain...bloody handy though.

[Jonesy]

Thanks SCARFEY
 can any body add other models these come off so I can search sellers with confidence.


Quote SCARFEY

 "only had the lathe".......

you poor bastard, I feel sorry for you SCARFEY

[SCARFEY]

Question One 

* Don't know how they feel the bike is out of rego, [so was the FJR so it got preference]
* the wife wanted to be taken to the club and;
* it was too bloody cold by the time I finished
* A further report to come.......................

Question Two
These ones are off a 2003 R1, I bought the brackets and the spacers behind the discs off Mal Pitman, It seems the Blue Spots are all the same. [am I right Xtian]
Mal provided 4mm spacers but I had to add a further 2mm for the caliper to clear the wheel.
I made up a jig to turn up the spacers on my old lathe (One would normally punch something like that but only had the lathe)

[Jonesy]

Just for the dunder heads that weren't listening the first time (ah that'd be me) which model or range do theses blue spots come from and is there a contact for Mal P and his brackets or did you get some made Eddy? or Christian?

[BrettS]

Looks Great! How does it feel?

[SCARFEY]

All done. Tolerances are close some adjustment with additional shims was required.

No expense was spared for the brake bleeding equipment.

[Christian Raith]

Camera fell over a few times before I got it right 

[steptoe]

bloody excellent videos,, really shows what an ever so slightly bent axle can do

[Christian Raith]

OK here are 4 video's to point out what needs to be checked when replacing the old calipers with the blue spots.
No big deal but because of the close tolerances of the blue spots to the original disc it must be checked.

[Christian Raith]

  no 

I will see if I can find someone but not much to see just me struggling with a front axle

[steptoe]

do you have a nice nieghbour

[Christian Raith]

some one? where would I find one of them??

[steptoe]

do the video,, get some one to hold the camera for you,,,,

you never know where your life could lead

[Christian Raith]

I was playing with the new brackets on the weekend and discovered how close the tolerances are.
Seems that the axle had a VERY slight bend in it (discovered after much head scratching) and the right caliper was rubbing.
I though it may have been the right hand wheel spacer so got another one pulled all apart again and replaced that and it was ok.
SO I thought it was a spacer problem, just to double check put the old one back and this time it was ok.
Quick call to Mal, he suggested checking the axle and bingo another axle in and all was fine.

So check that the axle does not have a bend by making the left clamp just tight enough for the end to slide in and then slide the axle through and see if you can turn it freely if not it is bent (Mal can fix this )

I also found that the right spacer is a bit critical (that is also going to Mal for a check)

BUT all in all the brackets worked out well, if you have no problem issues it is a quick straight swap and stop.

I will try and put a video (very poorly done with one hand)