what have you done to your "bike" today

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There always a little play in the fork bushes and it might be that .
Try holding the front brake on and with your other hand feel the head stock and rock it if you feel it in the head stock it'll be them
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agentpineapple wrote: not strong enough to lift the front wheel of the ground.... :lol:
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Today... well, this evening... ground some more fibreglass off the airbox so that the tank has a chance of being able to be bolted down at the usual places...

And got a hole in the right place for the throttle cables- shame it's a fair distance from the holes I drilled in earlier, but I can fibreglass those up and make a new aluminium section.
But more progress- it may be running again by the weekend, with a bit of luck.
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Fitted cbr 929 calipers
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Redthunder wrote:Fitted cbr 929 calipers
Did you fit the master cylinder too ?
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lloydie wrote:
Redthunder wrote:Fitted cbr 929 calipers
Did you fit the master cylinder too ?
No, thought I'd see how it goes with stock.
Haven't bled them up yet as awaiting new pads.
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You may find they won't work. It needs the bigger master cylinder to push enough fluid to the calipers
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I have 929's on mine, Storm MC and no probs at all. Maybe I dont abuse them as much as others on here but all ok for me.
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Yep you'll easily be able to pull the lever to the bar before you stop !!
You will have much more feel but it won't stop the bike if needed .
Ideal for long term wet weather use as you can just grab the lever and you won't lock it up
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Think I'm right in thinking the storms is a 14mm and the 929 is a 17mm and the 954 is a 19mm .
So going by that as grumpy frog says will work not great tho .
But fitting the storms master to the 954 calipers is a no no
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lloydie wrote:Think I'm right in thinking the storms is a 14mm and the 929 is a 17mm and the 954 is a 19mm .
So going by that as grumpy frog says will work not great tho .
But fitting the storms master to the 954 calipers is a no no
what about fitting a cbr600 m/c to sp2 calipers???
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agentpineapple wrote:
lloydie wrote:Think I'm right in thinking the storms is a 14mm and the 929 is a 17mm and the 954 is a 19mm .
So going by that as grumpy frog says will work not great tho .
But fitting the storms master to the 954 calipers is a no no
what about fitting a cbr600 m/c to sp2 calipers???[/
Check amcq chart ,
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As I said I'll try it first. Can't be any worse than stock.
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I'm currently running a too-small radial mc with Blade front end, inc F4i calipers.
The lever comes back to the bars, but will stoppie as it does so; so it's safe enough. However there's no room for fingers, so two-finger braking, or one, isn't possible.

I used it on a recent track day and was concerned that with a little fade I would be in trouble, but it seemed ok.

Needs fixing, though.
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fec, another thing to add to the"to do list" then.
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