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glened
Joined: 15 Aug 2013 Posts: 135 Location: Lancashire
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2018 11:43 pm Post subject: DB10 Master cylinders |
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Hi all, been doing some more upgrades to the Bim. The seal in the the clutch master cylinder has given up the ghost, the lever has been been loosing the amount of useful travel for some time. Meaning that I had become rather adept at selecting neutral whilst still rolling along. I had tried to get a seal for the Brembo cylinder cylinder without much success. Therefore I upgraded the old coffin pot style master cylinders to Accossato radial master cylinders. Just finished the job this afternoon, the bike has always had very strong brakes, this has only been improved with the light wheels and other improvements I have made, when I last weighed the bike it weighed in at around 155kg with a gallon of fuel onboard. Not exactly convinced of the weight as was using bathroom scales under the front and back wheels. However I digress the braking is awesome whilst I have no problems with the bike poping its nose in the air, I am not a great advocate of the "stoppie". These can be achieved with relative ease using two fingers I can lift the rear end quite easily. If you are thinking of a something similar here are some pics.
_________________ Bimota DB10, Suzuki TS250, Kawasaki Z1A, T120 Trton, AJS650, KTM690 Duke |
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arsenic
Joined: 05 Feb 2017 Posts: 140 Location: France
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Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2018 2:01 pm Post subject: |
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It’s beautiful...
I’m searching one as my next bike, they’re so rare !
You’re lucky ^^ _________________ DB8 biposto |
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glened
Joined: 15 Aug 2013 Posts: 135 Location: Lancashire
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Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2018 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the compliment. If you are ever in the UK or when I am abroad we can meet and you can have a ride on it, I think it is as pretty as a picture and it handles superbly. Made a number of modifications hopefully for the better. Pleased that you like it.
Regards Glen _________________ Bimota DB10, Suzuki TS250, Kawasaki Z1A, T120 Trton, AJS650, KTM690 Duke |
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vort28
Joined: 22 Mar 2010 Posts: 2194 Location: Northwest , UK
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Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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Very nice.
Should make those hooligan stoppies and wheelies all the easier now !! |
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glened
Joined: 15 Aug 2013 Posts: 135 Location: Lancashire
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Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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Hmmm. Maybe I should start acting my age and not my shoe size....
note to self GROW UP _________________ Bimota DB10, Suzuki TS250, Kawasaki Z1A, T120 Trton, AJS650, KTM690 Duke |
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vort28
Joined: 22 Mar 2010 Posts: 2194 Location: Northwest , UK
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Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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glened wrote: |
Hmmm. Maybe I should start acting my age and not my shoe size....
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I only wish I could do wheelies at age 9 ??!!?? |
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vort28
Joined: 22 Mar 2010 Posts: 2194 Location: Northwest , UK
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Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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glened wrote: |
Hmmm. Maybe I should start acting my age and not my shoe size....
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I only wish I could do wheelies at age 9 ??!!?? |
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