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Mike Jennings
Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 286 Location: England
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 8:28 pm Post subject: DB1 Brakes |
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Hello again,
The DB1 looks a bit better now its been cleaned up a bit but the callipers will need an overhaul. Do the standard two piston Brembo seal kits fit the Gold Series callipers? Or, if not, where can I buy some seals, if possible?
Cheers, Mike J. |
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2bims
Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 7292
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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Hhmm touchy subject for some folk on the Forum, Brembo decided a while ago that if suppliers wouldn't sign up to an indemnity clause over seals etc that they wouldn't be allowed to sell them. There is a Brembo web site and you can try emailing them, personally I've been waiting 2 years and counting for a response. Some folk have ended up buying new calipers as a result, and some "cynics" may sat this is the reason they don't sell seal kits. KTM though dd sign up and KTm suppliers and on-line, will sell caliper seal and piston kits as they use Brembo gear.
I'd also try Rudolf at Bimota-parts.de as I'm sure he must come across this problem as he deals solely with Brembo stuff.
Foutunately for myself I took no chances and found NOS serie d'oro calipers with pads that were cheaper than seal and piston kits alone. Pictures can help reponses GREATLY, then the knowledge of other folk can come to the fore, not all so fortunate to have a DB1 |
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2bims
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Mike Jennings
Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 286 Location: England
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Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:24 pm Post subject: DB1 Brakes |
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Hello 2bims,
thanks for the info. Motobins were certainly doing Brembo kits until recently, so I'll check the piston sizes and try them. Just to rub it in, it appears the bike is a DB1S! (The 'S' on the fairing and 40mm carbs were the giveaway)
Cheers, Mike J. |
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Pompey
Joined: 31 Jul 2008 Posts: 2311 Location: Marlborough
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Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:26 pm Post subject: |
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How long have you had the DB1 Mike? _________________ Pomps
Bimota's Db2, Db5 ,Ducati's 851' 92, 888' 93, Honda blade' 93, Triumph speed triple' 07, kawasaki zxr 750 k1 |
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2bims
Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 7292
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Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:39 pm Post subject: Re: DB1 Brakes |
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Mike Jennings wrote: |
Hello 2bims,
. Just to rub it in, it appears the bike is a DB1S! (The 'S' on the fairing and 40mm carbs were the giveaway)
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Thank God for that, I would have been well miffed if it was the SR, but now you're going to discover that the R has peeled off aren't you?? |
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Mike Jennings
Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 286 Location: England
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Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:54 pm Post subject: |
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Well, Pompey, I've had the bike for about five years but its was pushed up against the back of the garage with the front of the fairing out of view, so I didn't spot it until after I'd checked the carbs. (Funnily enough, 2bims, the rear wheel was like the works racer so who knows!).
The brakes seem to have 32mm pistons, which seems a bit small, but the R80R BMW seems to have the same size pistons, so I'm investigating...
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Mike Jennings
Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 286 Location: England
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Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:51 pm Post subject: |
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Hello 2bims,
checking the (high) frame number in Georgio Sarti's book comfirms that it's an SR, although it's been fitted with an earlier engine! It probably explains the rear wheel.
P.P.S. I've just taken out insurance on the cat! |
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oily
Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 4788 Location: worcestershire
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Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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Mike Jennings wrote: |
P.P.S. I've just taken out insurance on the cat! |
good move _________________ SB6 mk1 (project mega light, big bore)
Sb6 mk2 ( Big Bore)
Sb6 mk2 ( Restored)
Sb6R fighter
Sb6 or Sb7 WANTED |
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2bims
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Mike Jennings
Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 286 Location: England
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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:25 am Post subject: DB1 Brakes |
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Thanks 2bims, I'll be investigating!- It's good of you to take the time. I'm stripping the DB down at the moment and it seems to get smaller and smaller-at the moment it looks about the size of a 125. It wouldn't turn over intially, but the fault was the !"£$%^!! kill button. I had the same problem 25 years ago on a Pantah, so will probably fit a replacement Japanese R/H throttle switch assembly. The kill button reads perfectly when tested and then plays up when back in the bike
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2bims
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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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No Worries, I spend time scanning for other bits and was there looking for a DB4 screen to replace the dubble bubble, and if ever I find something on the way for others that I know, I pass it on, so no problem. Had kill switch problems myself, corrosion inside the cabling would be the issue, I bought a replacement kill switch as mine would choose to work, or not, or not when it should, or would when it shouldn't. Only after the replacement arrived after some more miles did the old switch then decide it was fine after all and didn't need replacing. I now never ever touch it, its in the Run Position and there it shall stay, until MOT time |
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Mike Jennings
Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 286 Location: England
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Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:42 pm Post subject: DB1 brakes |
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Hello 2bims,
could you please check the piston sizes on your gold series brakes, when convenient, as mine seem to be 32mm, which I would have thought was smaller than the standard P08s!
Cheers, Mike J. |
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2bims
Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 7292
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Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:24 pm Post subject: Re: DB1 brakes |
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Mike Jennings wrote: |
Hello 2bims,
could you please check the piston sizes on your gold series brakes, when convenient, as mine seem to be 32mm, which I would have thought was smaller than the standard P08s!
Cheers, Mike J. |
Hello Mike, I am presuming that your DB1 has gold series calipers but only single pots, one piston either side, as opposed to 4 pot twin calipers like what the DB2/3/4 have, in which case can't really help there. A great big, dirty or not picture/pictures of the bike would help greatly for anyone that can help. Theres lots on here that are knowledgable of Old stuff Ducati/BMW/Guzzi/ you name it , fans and owners alike and with pictures they can identify what you have with most things I imagine and then help. |
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Bimsb6
Joined: 15 Oct 2011 Posts: 149 Location: Bedfordshire
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Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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Do you live in buckingham mike ? |
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