Wanted Brake Caliper or info

[katana]

Right hand front Brake Caliper for 1985 GSX750SE Katana (Pop-up headlight)

As usual with an old bike 1 “simple” job has escalated.

Front brakes on my Kat were terrible so decided to change the pads and bleed them.

Tried to bleed them and wrung off right hand bleed nipple in caliper – doh!

Drilled out nipple and went too deep – doh!

Also found out that piston has seized and a previous owner has attacked with a chisel!

So to my point has anyone got a right hand front calliper for a pop-up? Either that or does anyone know if any other more modern (4 pot)calipers will fit?

here are all the dimensions

The distance between the mounting holes are the most important to me as I don’t want to have to make up an adaptor bracket if i can avoid it.

Thanks

[Radar]

I believe Gix has used this lot before

https://mad4bikes.com/Home.aspx

Good luck with the hunt.

Will the front end of a later Suzuki fit? Like a GSF600 or GSXR600?

[Gix]

yep mad4bikes really helpful, bloke you wanna talk to is Mike IIRC.
Radar the gsxr6 brakes have mounting points alot further apart from what Kat posted above, the above look more like the rear on the srad than the front, both are tokico tho. May have more luck with a gsf4 or 6, the 4 caliper may be harder to obtain tho cos was not official import to this country.

[Radar]

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Originally posted by Gix

yep mad4bikes really helpful, bloke you wanna talk to is Mike IIRC.
Radar the gsxr6 brakes have mounting points alot further apart from what Kat posted above, the above look more like the rear on the srad than the front, both are tokico tho. May have more luck with a gsf4 or 6, the 4 caliper may be harder to obtain tho cos was not official import to this country.

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I was wondering if he could transplant a whole front end, forks, wheels, brakes to uprate the bike and allow him to choose more modern tyres etc. too

[Radar]

Advertising in this months Classic Motorcycle Mechanics:

Breaking Point, claim to specialize in 80’s bikes

wwww.breakingpoint.co.uk

and spares direct

http://www.sparesdirect.co.uk

[katana]

Thanks for the info – I’ve fired off emails to those and many other breakers.

DK might have found one – got to ring him tomorrow

Gix – I wondered about the GSF4 and 6 – but they both don’t fit – bugger

[Radar]

Can you make an adaptor plate so you could use later calipers on your bike?

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1999-Suzuki-SV650-SV-650-front-brake-calipers_W0QQitemZ250136077982QQihZ015QQcategoryZ10534QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Suzuki-Brake-calipers_W0QQitemZ140133261888QQihZ004QQcategoryZ10534QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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