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[spydglide]

I'd pay good money to see that...especially if he wore a TuTu...

Huh-uh.  spyder

[bmcgc]

Nitrous switch?

 

SBB

You guys are so uncool.

Its called NOZ.

Didnt you watch all 6 Fast and Furious films?

[The Mysterious Q!]

You guys are so uncool.

Its called NOZ.

Didnt you watch all 6 Fast and Furious films?

Actually it's called NOS. Jus sayin.

[bmcgc]

I am not a student of punk or thugery.

It sounded to me like NOZZZZZZZZZZZZ.

[Twolanerider]

Doesn't matter.  The Road King will never get it so it might as well be called "ain't gonna happen."

[Twolanerider]

Before and after on some little caliper details that got changed awhile back.  Little emblem to break up the smooth surface and red anodized bleeders. 

[MAT]

Before and after on some little caliper details that got changed awhile back.  Little emblem to break up the smooth surface and red anodized bleeders. 

Very nice, nice added detail, I want calipers like that on my red bike!   

[Twolanerider]

Very nice, nice added detail, I want calipers like that on my red bike!   

Those are the same calipers that are on your bike.  Just doesn't look like it.

To make the Brembo calipers work on the older bikes a little grinding has to be done to them.  Up where the "fingers" are that block the brake line from rotating.  But I like the look of them smooth.  So while buffing and grinding I smooth off the whole front.  All those ridges and the round area where the emblem goes on yours I take off.  When they come back from the chrome shop they're slick as the proverbial baby's butt.

That does leave the side of the caliper as a wide smooth field though.  I like that ok.  But then remembered that little emblem and discovered a way I like the calipers even more.  The anodized bleeder is just me whoring out the red even more.  Can't help it... 

In case anyone wonders where the emblem comes from, it's about a 25 year old part number that's part of the kit to chrome out the old Ultra tour packs.  It covers the head of a screw in that application.  Or it dresses out the smoothed out calipers .

[bmcgc]

I would like to upgrade to Brembo calipers on my 06 SEUC.

Comparing my 06 to my wifes 13:

It looks like the brake line tube diameter is larger on the 06, so one of the stops has to be ground off the Brembo caliper so the 06 brake line will fit.

My wifes 13 SERK has black calipers, not chrome.  I guess 30k for a bike is not enought to rate chrome.

Does the Brembo caliper require a different banjo bolt?

[Twolanerider]

It looks like the brake line tube diameter is larger on the 06, so one of the stops has to be ground off the Brembo caliper so the 06 brake line will fit.

Yes, that's right.  But just on the one side.

Does the Brembo caliper require a different banjo bolt?

Yes, entirely different banjo bolt.  The banjo and bleeder are all one piece on the Brembo calipers. 

[MAT]

Those are the same calipers that are on your bike.  Just doesn't look like it. .

 I realized that, but what you did cosmetically ( chrome,paint,etc... ) really set them off and would look great on my bike.     

[Twolanerider]

 I realized that, but what you did cosmetically ( chrome,paint,etc... ) really set them off and would look great on my bike.    

Pretty cool what a little subtle variation can do.  The smoothing of course can't be done unless you're ready to do something like powder coating or chrome.  The screens can change color any time though.  

I've done eight or nine sets now that have gone on pre-Brembo bikes.  Only two got chrome screens.  Several were red (because, well... it's best).  But also did a gold and a green and a flat black and others I'm not thinking of right now..  The place I found that offered the bleeders had them in a few different colors too.

These calipers are actually quite simple to work on.  Kits with all the internals are also readily available (Harley's guidance notwithstanding).  So there's just not a good reason not to rip them apart and change to your own tastes sometime.  If sending off to chrome or powder of course there will be a down time.  So it's a good winter project.

[MAT]

 If sending off to chrome or powder of course there will be a down time.  So it's a good winter project.

  Problem is I have no winter so I will need a second set of calipers for starters to avoid putting Ruby in time out.  One way or another it is a mod well worth doing, It just looks too good to avoid doing it.

[Twolanerider]

  Problem is I have no winter so I will need a second set of calipers for starters to avoid putting Ruby in time out.  One way or another it is a mod well worth doing, It just looks too good to avoid doing it.

That's an option.  Several guys have scored cores on eBay and had them sent here.  I got to play with someone else's parts and spend their money and they ended up with chrome goodies.  It's a win-win.

If you're willing to be patient a set of cores can be had on eBay in the $150-170 range.  Then when done you can sell your originals and get that money back.  It's enough to make a guy feel and green and recycley and warm and fuzzy about it all.

[MAT]

That's an option.  Several guys have scored cores on eBay and had them sent here.  I got to play with someone else's parts and spend their money and they ended up with chrome goodies.  It's a win-win.

If you're willing to be patient a set of cores can be had on eBay in the $150-170 range.  Then when done you can sell your originals and get that money back.  It's enough to make a guy feel and green and recycley and warm and fuzzy about it all.

Thanks for the info. , I'll start watching for them !