FOAK: Tokico 6 pots

My Google mojo eludes me, but I'm sure I read on here or elsewhere
that it was a common fix to swap them for 4 pot calipers of some
variety which bolt straight on.

Anyone know which calipers I'm thinking of? The 6 pots on my SRAD are
pissing me right off - I'm sure they've warped ANOTHER set of discs
and I really can't be arsed rebuilding them again.

 

Depending on the mounting bolt spacing you have a variety of options.

If the spacing is 90mm you can use Tokico 4 pots from the later GSXR600
and 750 or SV1000, you can also use Bandit 1200 or Triumph Nissin 4 pot
calipers. The best ones to use are the quite rare 6 pot Nissins[1]
found on the ZX7RR and Triumph Daytona 1200 SE.

If it's 65mm your options are limited to 4 pot Tokicos from other SRADs
and some Brembos, but the discs need spacing when you use the Brembos.

[1] There are a set in my kitchen at the moment, destined for fitment
to a ZX7R

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Lozzo
Versys 650 Inter-Continental Hyperbolistic Missile , CBR600F-W racebike
in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite
they churn out)

 

feeble fucker - 1st hit got the lozzo anorak's pontification at
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/uk.rec.motorcycles/eF19e3pfgHs/wOQZ7nb-m4gJ

4 pots off the K1/2/3 version of the GSXR750

 

put that anorak in the wash you dirty fucker

 

All noted. Knew you'd have the answer. Which are the better 4-pots?
Tokico or Nissin?

 

Nissin, without a doubt. Tokicos are bare alloy on the working bits,
Nissins are hard anodised all the way round. Nissins don't corrode,
Tokicos do.

--
Lozzo
Versys 650 Inter-Continental Hyperbolistic Missile , CBR600F-W racebike
in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite
they churn out)

 

If the Nissins are hard to come by and ignoring the possible requirement
for adaptor plates, not in themselves hard to do, Brembo Goldlines
abound on eBay. Last set I bought were ~£50 pair (I've 2 spare sets
tucked away for projects). Gold anodised and don't corrode. Obviously
work pretty well.

 

I got that impression from your post.

eBay has done sorted me out with a freshly rebuilt set from a B12 for
£62 + £10P&P.

 

Nissins are plentiful, cheap and work very well. They come in Japanese
spacings, don't require adaptor plates and replacement seals are
readily available... unlike Brembos.


--
Lozzo
Versys 650 Inter-Continental Hyperbolistic Missile , CBR600F-W racebike
in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite
they churn out)