It's off the work stand, first few feet ride and the ABS light went out so the ABS works!! phew! I was getting impatient and my gen 1 Busa was racking up the miles so I have fitted the standard rear fairing so its now rideable over summer. There are still the side fairings to fit, I am making...
It has moved on quite a bit since last posting on here. Panels are now painted, they are a metallic black very similar to the new Gen 3 metallic black. I had the paint mixed at a local suppliers it looks awesome in sunlight very subtle and glistens as light hits it.
Initially I flatted the...
It will be interesting to get some feedback when in use. I second Ottafish regarding the banjo switch, from my understanding it actuates to early in the lever movement which messes with the ECU map during gear changes.
I had a Brembo brake master on my gen 1 and a standard clutch OEM with different lever. I can’t remember the make though, they came from eBay. It looks good and very close match to the Brembo lever. No one ever noticed the difference. It’s been on for years now and still works fine
I’ve not actually used an OEM on this bike. If someone can do so measurements that would be great.
My Gen1 has an OEM master cylinder but with a nicer looking adjustable lever.
Just as a comparison it takes 3.5kg to pull lever all the way in and the clutch bites when releasing the lever to 30mm...
16RCS set at 16 has the lightest force but ‘longest’ travel to disengage the clutch when changing gear. So if the lever is pulled all the way in as you release only 13mm the clutch starts to bite. Which isn’t much use if you want to give the clutch lever a quick jab coming down the gears as you...
So on my standard Gen 2 16RCS 16/18 clutch lever is as follows:
On 16 to pull lever to the bar is 3.56kg clutch bites at 13mm released from the bar grip.
On 18 to pull lever to bar is 4.36kg clutch bites at 20mm released from the bar grip.
Fitting the 17RCS 16/18
On 16 to pull lever to grip...
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