Question about brakes!! Caliper Trouble!

[BigDaddyD]

So I have a '77 gs 750 and I'm pretty sure I need to rebuild both the front and rear caliper.

My questions are:

Are there kits available for such a project and where'd be the best place to find them?

Or...

What aftermarket, or more up-to-date calipers could I swap them with?

Where can I find a good selection of new pads and rotors for my bike?

I would prefer to do a swap with something newer... since having good brakes is quite paramount! But, if it's not worth-while to do a swap (no real performance difference) Then I guess I'll just do a rebuild.

Thanks in advance!

[seuadr]

http://www.z1enterprises.com and/or www.bikebandit.com would have them.

[salty_monk]

You can put kawasaki twinpots on the front if you switch to the dual caliper type fork legs...

Dan

[bwringer]

Order the OEM caliper rebuild kits from your favorite source for Suzuki parts -- the aftermarket stuff is expensive, incomplete crap, IMnsHO.

The Suzuki kits include a new piston, whereas the aftermarket kits cost more and usually only include bad imitations of the rubber bits (some of the M/C kits do contain a bad imitation of the stock piston, to be fair).

As far as pads, most modern pads feel exactly the same. Take yer pick.

However, I've noticed that Vesrah pads seem to have just a bit more bite, so that's what I usually use.

You can get Vesrah pads from CRC2, DennisKirk, or, oddly enough, RepairManuals.com. All are excellent vendors.

http://crc2onlinecatalog.com

http://denniskirk.com <== low or no stock on later model GS brake pads when I checked yesterday for my bike. YMMV.

http://repairmanual.com <== best price -- search for the manual for your bike, and the available brake pads, oil filter, etc. for your bike will show up in the list.

[BigDaddyD]

Kool! Thanks bwringer!
Yeah, I've checked out alot of the sites you've mentioned, but I tend to find them hard to navigate for parts for my bike. Whenever I put my model and year info into their parts searches I always get a limited selection of parts if at all! But I'll definitely keep looking!

You can put kawasaki twinpots on the front if you switch to the dual caliper type fork legs...

Yeah I saw your post on the Kaw Swaps. Looks pretty interesting!
Right now I only have the single fork w/caliper mounts. What's the story with those brackets you're building? Are they necessary for mounting the Kaw Calipers or just a certain type?


Thanks a bunch fellas!

[salty_monk]

Necessary to mount those calipers to the stock dual caliper leg... You'd have to switch fork legs.
Even a switch to duals as stock would likely be an upgrade for you... you could leave the bigger disk on one side & fit a later leg to the other side with the smaller disk....

Dan