WellI picked up the Vrod Brembo front caliper today. In "honor" of the traditional Red Brembo brake calipers, I decided to spray it red. I used Duplicolor Engine paint (same exact thing as the Duplicolor caliper paint, but $2 cheaper), the paint has a ceramic mix to it and the finish that came of the spray job was superb. I am still waiting for my braided lines and my LBR pads, but here is a photo of the finished paint job;

 

That's pretty cool, how much did the caliper run you? or did you find a junked one?

 

The caliper took $61 out of my pocket. I had a $125 gift card for my dealer though, so normal price was about $176 I believe. The caliper also came with a new set of stock brake pads (surprised me), but I am wanting to swap out all my brakes to the LBR ones and braided lines at the same time.

 

Never seen a bike with red calipers. Is there another bike on the forum that you seen with this, or are you breaking new ground?
May look cool!

Cheers... Ben.

 

LOOKS KEWL!!!!!

 

I like the looks of the red. Why just the front? What do you got going on in the rear.

 

Looks good. What bike is the caliper going on? If mounting on a Dyna, what else is needed for the swap?

Thanks,
Ron

 

Nice thanks for the pricing info. God there are so many things I would liek to do, just wish my wallet was as big as my dreams for my bike. Keep us posted as to how it goes

 

I haven't seen another bike on the forums, or the road for that matter with the calipers painted red. I decided to just follow suit with how Brembo was known in the auto industry as having red brake calipers.

I have plans to swap out the rear caliper with the Vrod one as well, but that conversion does take a bit more work than the front end does.

This is being mounted on a 2007 Super Glide. As far as I have read here, the only thing needed was the caliper, and a shorter Vrod caliper mounting bolt. The caliper, if bought new does come with a set of new pads, however I plan to ugrade them to a set of Lyndall Racing pads, and give the system a nice set of braided lines to really show the improvement of the conversion.

 

Hog, I haven't done this, but,
you may need a different fitting for the brake line,
due to the top versus bottom attachment.

According to HDFDyna brother tdshepard,

"a v-rod banjo bolt/bleeder 41752-06".

Keep us updated on your caliper upgrade experience.

mud