Wonderful thanks again and as always! Any suggestions for brake lines? What else will I need? fluid, bleeding kit?

 

I did see your PM and thought I'd respond to it here in case anyone is following along...

As far as the new brake lines you don't have to change them out right now if you'd rather wait for a time and do some research and determine lengths you'll need. I'm currently running the stock lines and there was a significant increase in braking with the new Big Brake rotor. I prefer to do mods more slowly so I can see the changes each upgrade gives me. I do have some Goodridge Ebony brake lines and fittings sitting in the garage and I'll get to it sometime next month but I don't feel at all under-gunned with the stock lines. When I do get them changed I'll have a more accurate understanding of what they brought to the table.

When you change out the brake pads you'll need to push the pads back in the caliper, the old pads will be worn and the pistons need to get pushed back to make room for the new pads so you'll need to remove the master cylinder cover so the fluid can move back in to the master. Be careful, if your master is rather full already you might have DOT 4 all over everything and that's BAD. I always plan on a complete flush of the brake master, caliper, and lines when I do new brake pads so I use a syringe to remove most of the fluid from the master to make room for any fluid that gets pushed back. Once the pads are pushed back in the caliper I put the master cover back on so I don't run the risk of spilling DOT 4 while I change the pads and mount the caliper back on the bike.

The rear master can be a bit of a challenge to get to so I again use plastic syringes; one to remove the old fluid and another to add new fluid. Avoids contamination if you use two Since I'm refilling the rear master with a syringe I do the rear brake pads/flush first; it's easier to draw fresh fluid in to the syringe with a full bottle of DOT 4.

Follow the great information cvaria posted in the 'Big Brake' thread on bleeding/flushing your brakes! Good stuff.

A couple of tricks for swapping out the brake pads: first, don't let anyone kid you, the pad pins are indeed metric. The rear pad pin is a sneaky *****; you can cheat and use a 1/4" 12 point socket or wrench. It has to be a 12 point or you'll tear up that little bugger. When you do the fronts you'll know you've fully seated the pads in the caliper when the pad pin can smoothly be installed; if there's any sort of binding of the pad pin the pads are not quite seated.

Just remember one thing:

 

This is awesome thanks so much! Just need to decide then if I do lines or not!

 

Got my Pirelli's from Jake Wilson, very happy! couple of days in shipping, $263 for both all in. Stoked!

Unfortunately the Arlen Ness Big Brake kit seems to be back ordered for a month so may just install the tires and do brake pads while waiting and just install the rotor when it comes in.

 

Excellent choice with the night dragons!

I ordered my Ness big brake kit on Amazon for the same price as Phat performance has. It is a HUGE upgrade in braking power... but I'm am confirmed in my prior thinking in that I dont care much more Ness products, after installing mine. The fitment of the caliper bracket is terrible, and the actual pad surface on the rotor isnt as great as OEM.

 

What are you talking about? This is complete bs. I have 4, not a single issue.... caliper mount is great. Pad to rotor coverage is great. If something is off, the reason for it is in your mirror. Isolated occurance.

 

Hey there!

While reading up on this kit it was discovered that you may require a different mounting bracket. assuming you have the stock spoked wheels, your kit should be stamped with 02-972. If purchased off of Amazon you may have inadvertently gotten the wrong product. A quick call to Arlen Ness and they will send you the right bracket free of charge.

 

Nah, if he got the wrong kit, it would not have gone on without him hacking up the bracket or doing something crazy.

 

Ness' site says I need 02-965 (2000+, dyna, left side hub mount), and thats what I got. I dont see a 02-972 part any where on their website. I think its just the bolt holes in the bracket are wrong, like one was drilled too far into the braket if that makes sense. I'm also currently in contact with Ness to try and reslove it, I'm currently riding my bike with the kit installed but I've measured the surface the pad used on the OEM rotor and what the pad surface is on the Ness rotor and the stock uses more of the pad. Like the caliper is clocked wrong for a 15in rotor with the bracket I got, and its missing some of the rotor.

 

Did you put in for your rebate?