After Getting to grips with my bike '2011 fireblade' at donington yesterday, its hard to find a fault in it, what a fantastic machine ! the only little gripe would be stopping power, i probably know the answer to this already (brembo callipers) but id be stupid not to ask your experience before i go spending my hard earned cash. The other question is which are good value for money wheels, again don't want to go spending money on little or no gains, any help would be appreciated.
Brakes wise. I'd start of with braided lines, a master cylinder and some decent pads. Wheels are not going to be cheap whatever route you go to be honest. If you can pick up a set of 12 plate onwards wheels then these would be decent enough and bring it up to date.
Sound thanks, iv already fitted braided lines, any ideas on master cylinder ? i saw a flashy brembo one that someone fitted on hear, is that the type ? Also are the 12 on type wheels much lighter than 11 back type, well enough to gain anything ?
Yea a Brembo MC or an Accossato MC would be what your after. The 12 onwards model wheels are actually heavier the the pre 12 model wheels, but it is where the weight is that matters on those. If you are looking for a noticeable difference then your really need to start looking into aftermarket wheels and those cost from roughly £1500 up.
Id spend your money on suspension first. Even a service on the forks/shock to begin with. And +1 for the accossato m/c. BDS on here sell them. Great service from Mike.
Suspension all sorted, maxton fork internals + maxton rear shock, it handles well, its way beyond my ability's anyway, like i say only gripe was the anchors, although they did cause me to corner faster so brought me on a bit i suppose, but don't want that 'do i pick it up and run off' decision to make again, so how do i contact BDS mike on hear ?
Have a look in here. His number will be on his posts. http://1000rr.co.uk/index.php?forums/bikers-discount-store.50/ How do you find the Maxton rear shock? I'm on the look out for a rear shock.
I can vouch that a brembo set up does do what its suppose to, and id say take a look at Galespeed wheels dude ! Top quality kit and reasonably priced compared to lots !!
I can't compare it to any other aftermarket suspension, but the difference from standard is worlds apart, i was thinking of changing bikes because of front diving etc, but the maxton lot transformed the bike, there pricing is very good and there very helpful, i can only say good, and thanks ill look him up now.
If you have money, BST carbon wheels, the best wheels i had, very big differences, PVM i have now are great too. If you re looking for big brakes, i have a set of BERINGER Calipers.
Iv just fitted a set of brembo pads this afternoon and was going to try a master cylinder, how do the beringer compare to say brembo callipers ?
I prefer Beringer cause ( difficult to explain in English sorry ) they have much more feeling than Brembo. At first you believe they are less stopping power than brembo but after this you realize, pushing the level hard and the brake become harder, less agressive than brembo but a lot of feeling and , it's my think, a lot of power.
Try recon ur calipers and some pf pads with good fluid and a master cyl. Bds will sort u out im sure. They are good enough for superstockers to set great times on. I'm goin to try hrc pads in standard calipers and see how they are. I don't think I need brembo to go faster but if I could afford them id have them but not to go faster
Well iv fitted hel braided lines, brembo pads and fluid so i just need to source a master cylinder, will try bds the brembo is £250 on e'bay.
