"Nonster" (noahnic)
01/22/2018 at 11:08 • Filed to: Two Wheels Good, track bike, Suzuki, gsxr, Motorcycle
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"Nonster" (noahnic)
01/22/2018 at 11:08 • Filed to: Two Wheels Good, track bike, Suzuki, gsxr, Motorcycle | 2
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The sensible thing to do is just buy a pre-prepped track bike, but why do that when you can build and set it up yourself for more time and money!
well shit...
Welp, gotta crack em open and clean them out...
This was the cleanest cylinder too.
I didn’t grab many more pictures since my hands/gloves were perpetually covered in brake fluid, but the smaller pistons which sit at the very bottom were just full of schmoo. The crazy bit is that I flushed/bled the brakes with all new fluid when I picked this bike a few months ago and they didn’t feel terrible.
I’m going through these pretty thoroughly since I’m going to need these brakes to reliably haul me and the bike down from 140+ lap after lap. Got new braided stainless lines, new pads, new rotors, and rebuilt the calipers and master cylinder.
There’s lots of other bits I want to buy, but I’ve almost finished the essentials.
Done:
Valve clearance check
Oil change
change spark plugs
clean air filter
Front brakes overhaul
Safety wiring
To-Do:
Replace antifreeze with water & water wetter
New tires
Suspension adjustment
On the bling list are rearsets and a 520 chain/sprocket conversion, and race fairings, but those aren’t really necessary at this point so I’m spending that money on trackdays.
Keep the shiny side up
bob and john
> Nonster
01/22/2018 at 11:40 |
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I’m terrified that when i open up the capilers on ebay its going to look 10x worse then that...
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Nonster
> bob and john
01/22/2018 at 11:51 |
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How often do you flush the system? If you do it with any regularity, then it may not be that bad.
The lower pistons were really sticking and lagging the upper ones too. It’s only got about 23k miles on it, but I’d be willing to bet it never had it’s brakes serviced before now.
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bob and john
> Nonster
01/22/2018 at 12:34 |
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i flush it once a year, but the bike get the abuse it does (55K km a year), and the right caliper doesnt push the pistons striaght anymore (uh oh) so I think its time for a rebuild for both of them.
MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig
> Nonster
01/22/2018 at 12:58 |
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Pretty skookum choocher you got there, bud.
nermal
> Nonster
01/22/2018 at 16:29 |
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You need more stickers.