Brakes and upgrades
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Well, I do tend to compare the braking to the sport bikes I used to ride, mind you that was sport bikes from 20 years ago, I'm sure the ones today are much better but even then they were using dual 4 pot calipers on 320mm rotors and two fingers was all that's needed. I wanted that with my Harley, call it a cruiser if you will but I still like to ride twisty roads even though I don't ride them fast enough to do any hard braking I still want and expect powerful brakes if/when I panic stop is needed. With the dual OEM FB brakes I have that do use them from time to time - like the mountain lion encounter last summer, where it not for those brakes I'd have probably hit more than its tail.
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I changed to Harrison Billet calipers. It's a British company that supplies a lot of brakes to the custom world over here as well as being involved in bike racing. I went with a six pot up front and a four pot on the rear. Didn't change the disks/rotors as I didn't need to. My Street Bob now stops the way it should.
Last edited by fez; May 29, 2012 at 07:10 PM. Reason: found web site www.billet.co.uk
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The Harrison calipers are nice, but I'm guessing as is the case with most custom calipers, you're stuck using their brake pads. That's why I went with run-of-the-mill Japanese sport bike calipers; proven, work great, parts availability, brake pads are cheap and you can get 'em just about anywhere...
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Can you find a Fat Bob to test ride and see how the brakes perform?
I have not ridden a single disk enough to know how much stopping power/fade resistance they have, but I would personally like MORE power from my DUAL setup. I know, I know, it's not a sport bike, but I would like the assurance the power is there if/when I need it. Two up it is quite noticeable.
I have not ridden a single disk enough to know how much stopping power/fade resistance they have, but I would personally like MORE power from my DUAL setup. I know, I know, it's not a sport bike, but I would like the assurance the power is there if/when I need it. Two up it is quite noticeable.
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Rhino can you post up what you did or do you have a thread on it? I know FabKevin makes some stuff for using sport bike stuff on choppers. I'm interested in seeing what you used and fabbed up.
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FYI - If anybody is interested in a set of Kevin's caliper brackets for 11.5 inch rotors - they've been powder coated black - email me if interested.
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The stock lines run a little shorter (less slack) from the triple tree to the calipers, but they'll work fine.