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    GS450 Front end Swap/Brake Upgrade?

    Hello,
    The brakes on my GS450 aren't the greatest. I saw some GS850 parts for dirt cheep, compleet forks with wheel/good tire and calipers. My GS450 has a single rotor and caliper, do bikes with dual front calpers/rotors have significantly better braking? If so, could I swap the 850 front setup into my bike? I would still have to get the master cylinder, but if this what make my bike brake better id be willing to go for it, what do you think?
    THANKS
    DG
    Last edited by Guest; 05-02-2010, 01:05 PM.

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    I think you have 33mm tubes on your front end and the 850 tubes are 37mm. Besides IMO the 850 front end will be too heavy for the 450. You would be better to adapt a ventilated rotor and twin piston caliper to your bike, even a single rotor setup would improve the braking immensely especially with S/S lines.


    Last edited by Guest; 05-02-2010, 11:40 PM.

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