Brake Caliper
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Brake Caliper
Lookin for opinions on what to replace the original front brake caliper with. My bike is a 1995 Heritage softail special. It has the original brake caliper on it, buy could definitely use some upgraded stopping power. I have looked at different options but don't really wanna spend $300+ for a new caliper. I saw an adapter to run a brembo out front, but it doesn't say which brembo to use. also saw an adapter to use a brake caliper off a twin cam, but not sure how that will look. not necessarily worried about the looks over performance, but don't wanna re-invent the wheel here either
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Lookin for opinions on what to replace the original front brake caliper with. My bike is a 1995 Heritage softail special. It has the original brake caliper on it, buy could definitely use some upgraded stopping power. I have looked at different options but don't really wanna spend $300+ for a new caliper. I saw an adapter to run a brembo out front, but it doesn't say which brembo to use. also saw an adapter to use a brake caliper off a twin cam, but not sure how that will look. not necessarily worried about the looks over performance, but don't wanna re-invent the wheel here either
Yeah it's pricey but way less than rigging your front end to have dual calipers.
FWIW I have yet to talk to anyone who tried one who didn't love it.
I put Wilwood GP310's (4 piston) on my Electra Glide. Very nice.
Mine is a dual setup. With a single, I'd think about spending the bux on a six from PM.
I know it's no fun writing that check, but good brakes are worth it.
Mine is a dual setup. With a single, I'd think about spending the bux on a six from PM.
I know it's no fun writing that check, but good brakes are worth it.
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I put a 4 piston caliper off a twin cam on my 99 fatboy...I had to buy a longer brake line since the adapter bracket lowered the caliper. I had the caliper so my cost was adapter bracket $50, brake line $50, new pads $20, rebuild kit for caliper $15 an brake fluid.
not the best pic but here it is:
not the best pic but here it is:
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There are several routes to improving braking, including replacing the stock rubber line with a braided one and using aftermarket pads. Next is changing caliper, which as langwilliams shows can include changing the line anyway. I have used new aftermarket calipers, which are darned expensive, more recently secondhand Brembos, which are pretty cheap. Not much to choose in cost now between them and the previous H-D 4-piston caliper.
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+1 Wilwood rotors as well. An effective upgrade.
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It depends which adapter you use. Even used brembos are expensive. You are better off getting the wilwood caliper. You are going down a expensive and problematic road that would be much simplified by shelling out the two hundred bucks and getting the wilwood four piston brake that is bolt on and go
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Or am I thinking about someone else??