Lockheed Racing Calipers

[Guest]

Hi, looking to get some of these for my GS1000, has anybody used them and did they make an improvement.

http://www.apracing.com/products/motorcycle/brake_calipers/solo_and_classic_machines_plus_sidecar_2_piston_caliper.aspx

Cheers

[Agemax]

although i have never used them i am sure they are bound to be an improvement on stock calipers. there are a lot cheaper upgrades available for the GS using more modern calipers from Suzuki or Kawasaki.
GSXR calipers are common upgrades and Salty Monk does a great conversion kit for Kawasaki twin pot calipers for the GS.

[Agemax]

looky here..............

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=200382

[madreg]

Hi, I did see this conversion but by the time you have purchased the calipers and all the bits and pieces it may well be more expensive. I have also thought of just buying some EBC disks with EBC pads would greatly inprove as well as keeping the original calipers. I have got EBC pads at the mo and the braking is not very good unless you give it a good squueze. Finally I like the Lockheed calipers as they were around in the 80's so an upgrade available then. Maybe the Lockheeds and EBC disks would be a good match.

[Agemax]

they dont show the prices for the Lockheed calipers but i bet they aren't cheap. dont forget you will need to have some mounting brackets machined up to fit them as well.

[madreg]

The calipers are about £130 from Harris Performance who can also make the brackets as I have had done for other bikes in the past and they are about 5mins drive from my house. I would say the setup including pads / brackets would be around £400-£450, not cheap.

[madreg]

http://www.harris-performance.com/cgi-bin/sh000002.pl?REFPAGE=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eharris%2dperformance%2ecom%2fcgi%2dbin%2fss000002%2epl%3fpage%3dsearch%26SS%3dlockheed%26PR%3d%2d1%26TB%3dA%26search%2ex%3d24%26search%2ey%3d15&WD=brake&PN=AP_2_Piston_Calipers%2ehtml%23aAP_2dCP2696_2d38EO#aAP_2dCP2696_2d38EO

[Agemax]

ok, so that is £111 + vat x 2 for the calipers, plus £24 + vat x 2 for the pads.

£324, plus the cost of brackets machined, plus an uprated M/C to cope with the better calipers, plus 2 x new discs @ £?

compare that to the kawasaki twin pot upgrade.......

its upto you mate, its your money but you did ask for opinions. the kawasaki upgrade would be less than half that price and probably just the same braking power.

i must admit though, the Lockheed set up does look nice and very "period" cool......

[madreg]

Did not include the price of the new disks so add another £175x2 - as you say it's what you can afford, same thing with exhausts - oh well something to ponder over lunch

[850 Combat]

Eddie Lawson's Superbike used Lockheed calipers like or vary similar to those.

https://www.google.com/search?q=eddie+lawson+superbike&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=heK1UcjBIqSYygHImYCACA&ved=0CC0QsAQ&biw=1366&bih=641

I believe that Suzuki superbikes used them too, but the photos I found are not that clear. I had a set of three in the early 80s for a street replica of the 1971 Daytona 200 winning BSA I wanted to build. All the parts, motor, frame, oil and fuel tanks, wheels, etc. were stolen, and it never happened.

[slayer61]

I can't speak for the Lockheeds, but I have the Spondon version of the same caliper on my old bike, and I absolutely love them! The brakes on me 1100es are among the finest I have ever tried. If you can swing it, go for the good stuff. you won't regret it.

[madreg]

Will see how much the missus will let me spend :-)

Nice bike is that one of those motgpworks pipes

[slayer61]

Nice bike is that one of those motgpworks pipes

Thanks madreg. Much appreciated. It is, in fact, one of motogpwerks' pipes. It took a little trimming to get it to fit how I wanted it to. I was just on ebay and see he has a new lot of them posted again.

[hampshirehog]

EBC discs are overrated in my opinion - I never noticed any difference in braking perforamance and they're a fair bit heavier than standard (though I never weighed them). And £175 a pop is a joke!

The easy upgrade and probably the cheapest is to throw on some post 1980 discs from the late GS / early GSX range (slotted) and use the calipers from a last of the GS850s (the ones that use the FA51 pads). Much, much better than those originals. Not racing standard but good enough for the roads.

[madreg]

Hampshiredog, apologies did not see your post and thanks for the advice, I do have some slotted discs already - other than the pad type how can you identify the GS850 calipers, presume you can use the same m/cylinder.