Better front brake
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If I hear the name HD in combination with RE it is like Lada and Mercedes. That caliper would cost about as much as a quarter of a bike here in India and probably too much in other countries as well.
Just use sintered pads and you have a good enough brake. If you want to go overboard you can adapt the floating brembo system either from the old 535 Conti (no abs) or from the new 650 (abs). I did both and its fantastic. But also not cheap.
Just use sintered pads and you have a good enough brake. If you want to go overboard you can adapt the floating brembo system either from the old 535 Conti (no abs) or from the new 650 (abs). I did both and its fantastic. But also not cheap.
Well, those calipers are not necessarily expensive, there are a couple models with or without the HD logo:
"2015 XG750/500 calipers should fit the Himalayan (part number 41300030). No HD logo is the giveaway". 2016-2019 HD Street 750 caliper (part number 41300158A) is different and will not be a direct bolt on."
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What do you mean @Dool?16% increase in area, so an increase in what ever is oppositeLever Movement!
So the same could be done with a Smaller diameter Master Cylinder.
You guys think might not be worth it due to the small performance increase, same could be achieved with better pads?
more than 16%? yes - maybe 25-30% (just a guess of course, I have them on the 500cc which is a beast and the brakes are sufficient)
I can send you a pair or two - thats just 6 bucks for two sets plus some postage, probably 10 bucks. may still be worth it.
I am running this caliper and it works extremely well. Definitely worth the upgrade if the price for parts isn’t prohibitively high in your area. I’m running an aftermarket master cylinder also, I don’t recall if I replaced the caliper before or after the new master cylinder. I do remember noticing a distinct improvement after the caliper.
Between the new front brake setup and adding the matching Harley two piston caliper to the rear, my bike has brakes comparable or better than most other non performance bikes I have ridden.
Between the new front brake setup and adding the matching Harley two piston caliper to the rear, my bike has brakes comparable or better than most other non performance bikes I have ridden.
Are you still using the ABS and have you had any drama bleeding the system?
2 Piston rear! so thats from the same Harley?
I was using abs for awhile. I eventually deleted it. The brakes do seem especially difficult to bleed effectively.
Yes, the rear is from the same bike. It is not a direct bolt-on like the front though.
Yes, the rear is from the same bike. It is not a direct bolt-on like the front though.
The rear caliper required welding a tab onto the RE caliper bracket to allow for proper spacing on the mounting points. It was fairly straightforward but does require welding aluminum. It’s possible someone could fabricate a bolt on adapter to accomplish the job, but for me it was simpler to weld/drill/tap to add a mounting point.
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This is quite cool @Sullivanpbr, great reference. What is the part number of the rear one?
I don't know the part number. It came from a street 500.
I would like to do the same job on the rear caliper, but I noticed that the pads mounted on the HD caliper have a smaller front foot compared to the RE caliper support. How did you solve it?
the models seem basically identical. apart from a possible quality advantage, what is the functional advantage?i replace the front caliper with Brembo P2/28 , its plug and play with the original. Inner piston Is 28mm , the original 26
