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You might laugh, but I bought a set of Nissin calipers off of fleabay from a Honda CBR, bought a couple of brackets from Fab Kevin (Google him, he makes some great steel parts for old bikes), and have a set of brakes that will stop my FLH on a dime - at a MUCH cheaper cost than most "performance" systems you can buy. Plus, I lost a lot of the dead weight of the bananas. Yes, they're import brakes, but I'm much more into function on my old Harleys than originality...
Sounds good to me , I've adapted import stuff many times before . Lots of it around CHEAP as you say , a drill press , welder and common sense sky's the limit for the somebody with the want and time on their hands . Kudos ..
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