brakes

My rear drum brakes do almost nothing. I followed some advice from othe threads, pulled shoes, sanded shoes and housing. put it back together and absolutly no improvement. Ordered new shoes from Mikes. Hope that fixes it. Old shoes were about 1\8" thick and badly glazed.

So I got a new lever with master cylinder and bled my brakes and they felt pretty good. However the bike got knocked over and my lever took the impact. No big deal, bend the lever back out, but know the brakes feel crappy. So we take the cap off the top of the master cylinder to check/add fluid...

Anyone running Mike's 2-1 exhaust headers plus an exhaust? If so, could you post a pic of your rear brake set up? I have a rear disk and the hugh's rear brake pivot I've welded on does not clear for a stock brake pedal at all. I'm trying to plan a work around but wanted to know if anyone has...

Hi everyone, I believe that I have some brake fluid leaking from my rear caliper (79 special). I am first going to do a check and make sure everything is tight, but after that I am suspecting that I may need to do a rebuild. There was a time when I had the brake pads out and made the idiot...

Ok, so I'm new to jap bikes. I have taken apart the front calipers on my 77 xs650 and the piston and bore have a bit of rust (more than just a little). My question...is there a way to clean out the bore so it is still a safe and functional item and use a new piston??? Are there other, cheaper...

Hi all, So close to finishing now and getting her registered the only thing left now is the brakes (and the popping right cylinder!). Having a nightmare trying to get the old pistons out but determined to succeed. as I want to put twin discs on my 75 stock XS I had bought another calliper from...

How do you change the rear drum brakes on an 81 xs650? do you have to take the whole rear tire off? Pictures would be great hoping to get it done tomorrow so i can ride back to school I changed the disk brake, changed the hanldebars (daytonas), and cleaned the carbs with no problem but...

HAY I HAVE NO STOPPING POWER ON MY NEW BOBBER BUILD REAR DISK.(MY OTHER BOBBERS HAVE HAD DRUM BRAKES,HAS A NEW MASTER CYL.FROM MIKES XS NEW PADS AND A CLEAN ROTOR,IT WILL STOP BUT I HAVE TO STAND ON IT:wtf:

Has anyone done this mod? Looks sweet! http://www.chopcult.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1285

When I pulled the brakes off my 81sh their condition gave me the impression they hadn't been serviced by any of the po's so I started giving the right side caliper a birthday flushing all the crusty fluid out and cleaning all the crud off the caliper itself. I removed the dust boot to get all...

Hi guys, just bled my front brakes (dual disks on a 78 special) after reassembling my wheels. Its been off the road for a couple of years. The brakes seem to work fine except that they're dragging a little. Taking my rear brake as an example, I can spin the wheel (totally free of drag) brake...

I recall reading somewhere that there is a brake rotor that has a 1-2mm smaller disk thickness but same diameter and offset as the xs. Does anyone know what model and year this would be from? Thanks.

I'm thinking of changing my brake lines with SS lines. I have two local options. One shop can produce the whole thing for me but I have to take the whole system to them, M/C, all couplings, T-valve etc. The other shop has a kit where I get the bajos I need, pre-cut lines and just mount it...

I just finished installing a new front caliper and the top half of it moves a little bit. Not much just a couple mm but is this normal? Its the stock one from mikesxs.

Nice example how you can drill your discs:wink2: http://www.xs650.nl/cpg/displayimage.php?album=12&pos=72

What are you guys doing to resurface the rotors? Most of the builds I see on here the rotors look brand new. Mine aren't bad and the front only has one light groove in it but I would like to clean them up and flatten them before I get them painted.

I replaced the pads and springs and cant get the brakes to engage. any help would greatly be appreciated

The brakes are not stock. I have 2 drilled XS750 discs on a stock 650 rim. Calipers and MC are from a CBR F2 or F3. Home made 6061 brackets and spacers. So, I've been using this setup for a while. About a year. I recently pulled the front end apart to paint the lower triple and polish the...

Was looking at my Haynes manual last night after finally realizing I'm missing a component or 2 from my rear brake pivot. ('80 hardtail with rear disc and mid controls) I've just got the pedal on the pivot, and then a real short version of what's used as linkage for forwards connected to the...

Can anyone identify this rear master cylinder, it came of an XS but dont which one 400 500 750 0r 1100 [/IMG] [/IMG] [/IMG] Leslie