brakes

Hello everyone, I recently bought a 2007 FZ6 (the one with the 2 4-piston non-floating calipers) and the previous owner had installed a Brembo Master cylinder 16 mm (but its not one of the aftermarket ones, I think it came stock on some other Yamaha- maybe an old r6 or something). Each brake...

Hello all, I've been a daily lurker for a long time, but this is probably my first actual thread. I've learned a ton from you guys over the years, but I'm stumped on this one. I did the R6 fork swap onto my 2006 FZ6. The swap went super smoothly (I still need to fashion some fender...

I finally lost to one of our motor units in the annual slow bike race. I played by the motor units rule, NO BRAKES, clutch only. A little suspicious that he decided to activate his emergency lights that has a ton of LED's and strobe lights on the rear of the bike once we start rolling and sees...

Well it wasn't planned I originally went to the bike shop to get a ride on the MT-09, but they had just sold their previous test bike and the new one had to be prepped. Anyway they had a BMW F800R on special offer and they let me take a spin. Well I was not impressed, mainly as the engine was a...

Hey Guys wanted some opinions. My front brakes needs to be changed but I'm not sure if its something I want to do myself or not. Brakes are not something to mess around with and I've done a lot of mechanical fixes but I've never even changed a brake pad on a car let alone a bike. There are...

Hope you guys can help Believe I've got some phantom leaky voltage somewhere as a couple things seem a bit odd to me 1 is my indicators, the dash ones. When indicating the indicators work normally but most of the time when indicating between flashes my dash indicators are dimly lit? This...

I need the opinions of the riders in this community. I am a tinkerer, and my latest project is a brake-light flasher for FZ6’s with stock tail lights using LED bulbs. I am not doing this to make a commercially available product, I am just playing with micro controllers and learning circuit...

I've been riding motorcycles about 9 years, mostly street, some mountain riding. About 40,000 miles total so far. Two years ago I was in an accident where I applied the front brakes too quickly in street traffic, ~ 20 MPH. Nothing too serious, however several ribs broken and a sprained...

Hey fellow riders, I have a problem I can't figure out. My front brakes wont pressurize. I've bled a lot of brakes during my time, and have never had problems with this before. This is what I did: - removed both calipers (they were working perfectly before) - dismantled everyting, keeping...

For Sale-Two sets of EBC Double H Sintered brake pads. $30. Sold my FZ, won't be needing them. New in original packaging. PM for paypal/shipping info. Thanks! SOLD

A great battle with one of my friend who ride a mt09. it's a french street legal version, so he has only 106hps but he still far faster than me on the straigh. Hopfully I was harder on the brakes, so I was able to keep up with him during 2 laps then he got the better of me...

So, I did a brake flush today. But I think I may have messed it up ? I attached the speed bleeding kit to the speed bleeder valve on my front right brake and then opened the valve, and pressed the front brake to pump fluid through the system. I pumped until the reservoir was low then I topped...

Probably about time for me to clean my brakes and change the fluid, and I'm thinking about changing to SS lines while I'm at it. I was wondering: a) Is there any meaningful difference in quality between different suppliers of SS lines? b) Do they all do two lines from the MC, or is there a...

I just got the R6s forks and brakes with the master cylinder/lever still attached. So, here is a question : My 05 has twin-pot brakes up front, should I use the R6 master cylinder/lever for the 4-pot calipers instead of the ones on my bike? Reasons that support the change : - Stock part...

If this is in the wrong section I apologize. I just recently purchased a fz6 that I knew had a front break problem. The bike has low(er) miles on it so I wasnt concerned about buying it. So the bike sat up( have no idea how long) and now after riding for a short distance the left caliper locks...

I finally did the R6 fork conversion mod and am absolutely LOVING it. So now I have my stock goodies up for sale. Forks - $175 Calipers - $40 Axle with spacers and pinch bolt - $8 Contact me for shipping prices. The left fork was starting to leak some oil before I did the swap. I...

I'm going through the process of replacing all the fluids on a new-to-me 2004 with 30k miles, and I need some help fixing the rear brake. The rear brake was mushy (but functional I think) when I bought it. Here's what I've tried: - I went to bleed with the basic method seen in this video...

So I've had the motodynamics integrated tail light installed for a couple months now. Last night I noticed while holding the brakes the tail light continues to flash intermittently. It seems like I'll hold the brakes and after 5-10 seconds it will blink rapidly then go back to brake light. Now...

~~~~SOLD!~~~~~ Hey everyone another performance part for sale: R6s forks and brakes. Comes complete with all necessary spacers to fit the fz6. rebuilt both brake calipers w/ new seals and ebc HH pads . also included in the sale are a fork seal kit (2 oil seals and 2 wiper seals) and an extra...

So I replaced the tires last week and the brakes aren't as firm as they use to be. Will bleeding them solve the problem?