The (not so) Great Gixxer Rebuild

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Originally Posted by DBKromz

no, but i've heard it's good scheduled maintenance (i'm sure Noel will call me stupid now) to rebuild the caliper after so many years. my bike is approaching 8 years & near 30k miles. a $60 seal kit & an hour of your time in a heated garage over a boring winter seemed worth it to me. plus i found that my right caliper was cracked on the inside, so it was a good thing I happened to check.

i've said it to many of you, i enjoy working on bikes more than riding them. so yes, i probably go overkill on winter projects on my bike. so where you may not want or need to do this stuff on your Yamaha & Honda, I'd probably be doing the same thing if I owned your bike instead of a GSXR.

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shit my bike is 9 years old and I've had it for 4 or 5 and I doubt they've ever been rebuild. you wanna do mine?



from what little I know about Jim do I really want him touching my brakes:wink:

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Originally Posted by CBR929RE

from what little I know about Jim do I really want him touching my brakes:wink:

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You'd be better off asking for a BJ.

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Originally Posted by CBR929RE

shit my bike is 9 years old and I've had it for 4 or 5 and I doubt they've ever been rebuild. you wanna do mine?

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13 here and not a rebuild.

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Originally Posted by obsolete

You'd be better off asking for a BJ.

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Jim what are you doing tonight?


wait on second thought...NO

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Originally Posted by 07BladeRider

13 here and not a rebuild.

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no, you just ask for custom heel guards to match your woodcraft rearsets, SB tails, tank sponges to avoid sloshing, why your front wheel rubs the pads, and ask for enough people to tell you to upgrade rotors.

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Originally Posted by DBKromz

no, you just ask for custom heel guards to match your woodcraft rearsets, SB tails, tank sponges to avoid sloshing, why your front wheel rubs the pads, and ask for enough people to tell you to upgrade rotors.

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All true. But I haven't rebuilt the calipers on Annalisa's bike and it's twice as old as yours is.

And the rubbing pads issue is due to new and thicker pads and rotors. They will loosen up with use.

Jim's :ghey:

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Originally Posted by scottieducati

Jim's :ghey:

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this is besides the point

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Originally Posted by DBKromz

i've said it to many of you, i enjoy working on bikes more than riding them

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Yeah, you're gonna be a great racer... :mope: