robert21157
XS650 Member
i just bought an 81 xs650 bobber it is my 1st project bike and it has no front brake installed. i would like to get one but have no idea what i would need. any help would be great
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i have NO front brake!
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Buy it all, I have working set I'd sell you, or post a wanted ad in the classifieds. Get us a picture of the wheel and RH fork so we know for sure what you have.
Smart man wanting a front brake, you will go far in life.
Smart man wanting a front brake, you will go far in life.
robert21157
XS650 Member
19in spoked wheel and a stock 81 xs650 forks
jd750ace
Front Toward Enemy
I was going to suggest that there are a few members on here that feel they are optional, so you should not have to hard a time running down parts. Good for you!
I have a complete working set from a 81. Not overhauled, but I rode the bike and the brakes worked fine. New owner swapped front ends didn't need the stock stuff. I will remove and ship you every piece related to the brakes, bolt on and stop. $75 plus actual USPS Priority shipping. Boiler plate; these are used parts and like all 30 year old brake parts they are due for overhaul and that's what you should plan on.
What the new owner changed to.
What the new owner changed to.
You will stop short in life
I just can't figure out people who go without a front brake.
However. the choice is theirs to make.(not trolling...)
I have 4 different bikes with brakes in perfect working order and none of them will stop anywhere near as fast on the rear brake as on the front.
jd750ace
Front Toward Enemy
Mine are all pretty wooden on the rear, regardless of pad material or bleeding. That's why I pretty much only use them for trail braking at low speed.
Had a 2001 1200 Bandit, the rear brake was a nice (looking) disk set up and useless as tits on a boar. I could stomp on the pedal and the brakes took that as a suggestion that I was THINKING about slowing down. The owners forum said they were all that way. And that on a high horse power super bike, front brakes were capable of 2 finger stoppies, go figure.
Here's the set I am offering.
Firm lever, skids the tire no problem damn near put me over the bars LOL. releases completely and easily. Again NOT rebuilt.
Here's the set I am offering.
Firm lever, skids the tire no problem damn near put me over the bars LOL. releases completely and easily. Again NOT rebuilt.
jd750ace
Front Toward Enemy
My SV 650 has the same P.O.S. rear as the Bandits. When I say wooden, I mean, you could tell something changed, but in the way a wood beam brake slowed down a buckboard wagon. If it don't catch on fire first, you will eventually stop! It's not so much a brake as an anti-rear wheel rotation device.
robert21157
XS650 Member
Had a 2001 1200 Bandit, the rear brake was a nice (looking) disk set up and useless as tits on a boar. I could stomp on the pedal and the brakes took that as a suggestion that I was THINKING about slowing down. The owners forum said they were all that way. And that on a high horse power super bike, front brakes were capable of 2 finger stoppies, go figure.
Here's the set I am offering.
Firm lever, skids the tire no problem damn near put me over the bars LOL. releases completely and easily. Again NOT rebuilt.
pm me i am interested in everything!
front brakes 
Email sent Friday.
CDNTX650
XS650 Guru
id say 90% man....My Ducati 999 has dual 320mm 4 piston rotors up front....and a dinky little single piston in the rear. doesnt do much.
