Sideoftheroad Posted May 6, 2010 Share #1 Posted May 6, 2010 Looks like I am going to have to have it rebuilt, replaced, something. It was my fault, I didn't get the pucks cleaned off enough when I replaced the pads and one of them is now sticking slightly. So now I am going to pay. They do work as is, but unless I want to go through a couple sets of pads in a riding season and to prevent any future issues, I should get it fixed. One of the puck edges has a slight angle to it. Just enough to cause uneven/premature pad wear. Pinwall has some for $25-$30. Would you trust it? After all it is used and makes you wonder what happened to the bike for it be end up in a salvage yard. Llike a rear brake failure causing an accident. I know skydoc has a setup but the price is way too much for me and I just need a rear setup. I know the R1 is more or less a racing bike and brakes designed as such but my concern is the R1 is alot lighter than a Venture. The R1 brakes weren't designed to handle a Venture. I know, I know, all the lawyer speak, liability and such. If we listened to it all, no one would put car tires on a bike either, but let's not get into that discussion. Checked the parts page and entire assembly is $340. Piston assembly by itself is $113 for 1 and $86 for the other but it says it is on backorder. Looks like seals by themselves is $60. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonesy Posted May 6, 2010 Share #2 Posted May 6, 2010 I have my old one that I don;t need cause I made bike a trike, Never let me down. see ad in classifieds, not for $30, but not from any junk yard, may even come with new pads if I have them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegscraper Posted May 6, 2010 Share #3 Posted May 6, 2010 There you go. Take jonesy's caliper. I wouldn't be afraid of a used caliper. I'd put R1 calipers on the front before I put them on the back. The rear doesn't really need the caliper upgrade at all. The stock one does fine. But I definitely recommend R1 calipers and matching M/C for the front. I have them. The braking power is incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1BigDog Posted May 11, 2010 Share #4 Posted May 11, 2010 I have the R1 caliper set, SS lines and VMAX splitter, but the stock Master. Brake performance has improved at least 35% over stock. I just rebuilt my rear caliperand added an SS line also. Much improved too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideoftheroad Posted May 12, 2010 Author Share #5 Posted May 12, 2010 (edited) Thanks. I did end up buying jonesy's caliper. Just have to get some $$$ together to get it replaced. Just bought a new tranny pan for my chevelle, so back to broke again. Since I can't trust myself at this point to do something easy like brake pad replacement, ain't gonna attempt this. Question for you though. The add says 4 pistons on the R1. The Venture already has 4. So for an R1 is that 4 per side while the Venture is 2/side? Edited May 12, 2010 by Sideoftheroad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilBeaver Posted May 12, 2010 Share #6 Posted May 12, 2010 Thanks. I did end up buying jonesy's caliper. Just have to get some $$$ together to get it replaced. Just bought a new tranny pan for my chevelle, so back to broke again. Since I can't trust myself at this point to do something easy like brake pad replacement, ain't gonna attempt this. Question for you though. The add says 4 pistons on the R1. The Venture already has 4. So for an R1 is that 4 per side while the Venture is 2/side? The front two calipers on the R1 have a total of 4 pistons per caliper opposed to the current design with 2 pistons per caliper. You are correct in that the rear calipers have a total of 4 pistons in it already. Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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