Hang on to those side plates (right p/n 52798-87 / left p/n 52797-87). Very hard to find. I had to get a guy in Holland buy and forward them to me from JW Boon. Sissybar and backrest? Not so hard to find.
Hang on to those side plates (right p/n 52798-87 / left p/n 52797-87). Very hard to find. I had to get a guy in Holland buy and forward them to me from JW Boon. Sissybar and backrest? Not so hard to find.
Yes, I’ve got a box of all the original parts I’m removing. Those will go in there as well. Thanks.
I picked up a new EBC front rotor, a practically new take-off Brembo bagger caliper, a set of ramjet racing caliper adapters, a new brake line and some Lyndall Gold+ pads.
Since the Brembo was originally DOT 4 and the FXR is a DOT 5 bike, for consistency I stripped down the calipers, banjo bolt/bleeder assembly and blew it all out with several cans of brake cleaner, followed by a denatured alcohol bath, and one last can of brake cleaner. I used the new pistons that came with the rebuild kit, even though the originals were perfect. Sucked the master cylinder dry with my mighty-vac, and bolted everything up. The caliper was surprisingly centered without needing any shims. Refilled with fresh DOT5 and sucked from the caliper bleeder with my trusty might-vac. I put about 3/4 of the bottle through before it started coming out clear (no bubbles) and the lever was no longer mushy.
Of course it had just rained (f’ing Florida) so my test ride was a painfully slow ride around the neighborhood. Wet so I couldn’t tell any real difference lol. But the front brake worked at least. Which makes me happy since it was the first time I ever rebuilt a brake caliper.
Hopefully it wil be dry at some point tomorrow so I can give it a proper test and bed the pads/rotor. We’ll see…
Was just wondering, is the motor stock? Any plans for a monster Evo for this beauty??
As far as I know it’s stock. It has a full dealer work up, I.e. SE pipes, air cleaner, ignition module, but that’s all I know. Feels stock to me. No, I don’t plan on much, probably just a cam and exhaust (and jets). I just got my 139/153 Dyna back from Hillside so that’s as fast as I need lol.
And the cam is mostly just to get that damn INA bearing out of there…
But I’ll start to think about what cam is a good choice for a stock motor.
As far as I know it’s stock. It has a full dealer work up, I.e. SE pipes, air cleaner, ignition module, but that’s all I know. Feels stock to me. No, I don’t plan on much, probably just a cam and exhaust (and jets). I just got my 139/153 Dyna back from Hillside so that’s as fast as I need lol.
And the cam is mostly just to get that damn INA bearing out of there…
But I’ll start to think about what cam is a good choice for a stock motor.
Sounds good to me! Nothing like a nice Evo with a cam!
08-31-2021, 03:20 PM
