Mmmm...Brembo Goodness
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Mmmm...Brembo Goodness
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;
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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.
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RE: Mmmm...Brembo Goodness
Looks good. What bike is the caliper going on? If mounting on a Dyna, what else is needed for the swap?
Thanks,
Ron
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Ron
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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
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RE: Mmmm...Brembo Goodness
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.
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.
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As far as I have read here, the only thing needed
was the caliper, and a shorter Vrod caliper mounting bolt.
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As far as I have read here, the only thing needed
was the caliper, and a shorter Vrod caliper mounting bolt.
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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.
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