What options exist to upgrade the front brakes on an Iron 883?

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09-18-2013, 06:34 PM

Rob Robb

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I like the steel braided line, floating rotor with Performance Machine 6 piston caliper (chrome billet aluminum) I saw on JPCycle site but too pricey right now & I haven't had any problems with my front brakes yet. Probably do the change down the line when & if I need a new rotor or have a butt load of extra cash

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09-18-2013, 07:29 PM

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I put steel braided lines front and rear, rebuilt both calipers and cleaned them really well plus new brake pads made one hell of a difference

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09-19-2013, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Dusty Bones

That clutch cable is going to catch on something hanging down like that.

What...like an Armadillo or something?

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09-19-2013, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by 1forrest1

I put steel braided lines front and rear, rebuilt both calipers and cleaned them really well plus new brake pads made one hell of a difference

What brake pads did you use?

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09-19-2013, 01:07 PM

Dusty Bones

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What...like an Armadillo or something?

I did have a hubcap fly off a car earlier this summer that would have come in contact with that cable if I were on your bike. Scared the ever livin chit out of me. Had no way to react and it hit the primary. Right after that I seen your pic, made me wonder the what if that would have hit your cable. Probably nothing but made me think. Put a nice character mark on my primary and revved my heart up for a minute lol.

Keep the rubber side down bro!

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06-27-2014, 01:04 PM

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sportster brake caliper upgrade

This works awesome, its checp and really easy and you will be very happy with how much easier and better your 48,nighster,iron stops, no mods,brackets or adapters needed, just bolt it on bleed brakes and go!

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06-27-2014, 01:05 PM

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You can look in my photo album and see pics of elvira with her new caliper on.

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10-14-2014, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by wachuko

HD XR 1200 Left Front Brake Caliper (improve braking and looks) Part No. 42943-08. Cost is around 135.00 from New Castle HD.

I recently did this to my 48. A complete bolt on mod. Works great! And looks like it is the same Brembo caliper shown above but with the HD branding.

You might want to look, as mentioned above, to also add the floating rotor (for example: Vivid Black Floating Brake Rotors-44358-00A)

Looks like you guys just highlighted something that I need to add to my mods list... ordering the floating rotor for mine... this never stops!