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Mincehead
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by Mincehead » Tue Dec 15, 2009 11:04 pm
I like the wee fairing,works out to £239.85 at the current exchange rate.
You couldn`t buy it in the UK of that I`m certain.I wonder what carriage costs would be?
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phuk72
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by phuk72 » Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:54 am
I have never seen a set of caliper adaptor plates that look anything other than completely shite
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by Stu99 » Wed Dec 16, 2009 1:38 pm
phuk72 wrote:I have never seen a set of caliper adaptor plates that look anything other than completely shite
I'll second that. I always think they look untidy. I like things to look like they're meant to be there. Just my opinion though.
It must be true, I read it on the internet.
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G Beale
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by G Beale » Wed Dec 16, 2009 3:08 pm
Yes even the very best ones tend to look home made but short of changing the whole front end to accept better calipers what can you do ? I chose to change the whole front end on my FZ750, better forks, bigger wheel, better brakes, much better.
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by phuk72 » Wed Dec 16, 2009 4:13 pm
G Beale wrote:Yes even the very best ones tend to look home made but short of changing the whole front end to accept better calipers what can you do ? I chose to change the whole front end on my FZ750, better forks, bigger wheel, better brakes, much better.
'Blue spots' bolt straight onto TRX forks (and pretty much every Yamaha in the last 25 years)
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G Beale
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by G Beale » Wed Dec 16, 2009 6:25 pm
Unfortunately for me it's probably only the last 20 years. My 87 FZ750 has/had puny forks with wrong spacings for blue spots. I think they (FZ's) changed to the more common set up around 1990 with fatter forks as per FZR/TRX/Thundercat which accept the blue spots but yeah I just realised, why would you want better brakes than blue spots on a TRX anyway ?
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by phuk72 » Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:56 pm
G Beale wrote:Unfortunately for me it's probably only the last 20 years. My 87 FZ750 has/had puny forks with wrong spacings for blue spots. I think they (FZ's) changed to the more common set up around 1990 with fatter forks as per FZR/TRX/Thundercat which accept the blue spots but yeah I just realised, why would you want better brakes than blue spots on a TRX anyway ?
Strange - they fit my 88 tdr?
And as you say, you don't need any more on a TRX (unless your name is V Rossi)
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by schmiffee » Wed Dec 16, 2009 10:43 pm
All points above are noted. I was just looking for interest sake. I have blue-spots to fit and will be doing so very soon. It was just a case of seeking information for information's sake.
Understeer - when you hit the fence with the front of the bike.
Oversteer - when you hit the fence with the rear of the bike.
Horsepower - how fast you hit the fence.
Torque - how far you take the fence with you.
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by philk » Thu Dec 17, 2009 12:43 am
Apart from the Blue spots, I would recomment the PFM setup
