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Front Master Cylinder
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:18 pm
by MillaMeter
Hi,
Some you may know that I've recently fitted 6 pot Tokicos to me ZXR, and my what a difference in looks! I'm stil using the ZXR400 front master cylinder and it does feel a bit skunk and slow on reponse. What I wanna know is, what other kwak master cylinders would be better for the job? Will the ZX9R M/C fit for example?
Regards
RIchard
Re: Front Master Cylinder
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:28 pm
by Gemini
well i've got a zx7r which runs the same tokico 6pots,
and the standard mc was shite,
upgrade to a brembo 19x20 mc mate, and never look back
gem
Re: Front Master Cylinder
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:38 pm
by RedexRobB
the ZX7R front calipers arent the same as that used on the K1/K2 gixxer gem. But i suspect that the master cyclinder from the 7R will do the job better than the standard zxr400 jobbie.
Re: Front Master Cylinder
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:53 pm
by Gemini
i didnt realise they were off a suzy, why not get the mc to match that suzuki use?
but i would always push for a brembo now
gem
Re: Front Master Cylinder
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:17 pm
by jake
get em on ebay!
get your money back on em, and buy some good brakes
i could'nt get mine to work nice, lever always came back to the bar, that was with standard lever and gsxr radial. maybee mine where just shiete tho
Re: Front Master Cylinder
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:53 pm
by MillaMeter
Hi,
That's exactly what mine's doing at the moment, you can pull the lever in and it touches the bar! No matter how much you bleed the brakes I garentee that the brakes will be spongey. I was thinking of getting the ZX9R MC but I wasn't too sure if it fits. Anyone else fitted the ZX9R MC? Also what is the ZX7R MC like?
Regards
Rich
Re: Front Master Cylinder
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:00 pm
by masterofinsanity
listen to Gem!! i have stripped his calipers a couple of time now and polished the pistons, its the m/c thats at fault and now with brembo master cylinder its money well worth spent, if you dont wanna spend the cash then ditch em for gixer 4 pots!
Re: Front Master Cylinder
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:11 pm
by MillaMeter
masterofinsanity wrote:listen to Gem!! i have stripped his calipers a couple of time now and polished the pistons, its the m/c thats at fault and now with brembo master cylinder its money well worth spent, if you dont wanna spend the cash then ditch em for gixer 4 pots!
Hi,
Tbh I haven't got that kind of money to burn anymore

(recently moved out) Just looking for a alternative cheap solution.
Regards
Rich
Re: Front Master Cylinder
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:30 pm
by RedexRobB
brakes and cheap really shouldnt go together...........
Re: Front Master Cylinder
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 12:00 am
by masterofinsanity
everyone has a budget rob, why change the calipers and not the m/c? personally i'd stick the 6 pots on ebay and buy a bigger master cylinder for your original 4 pots.
Re: Front Master Cylinder
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:11 am
by rene
the ZXR750/ZX7R dos an awsome job of moving the gixxer1000 6 pots, the 6 pots that everyone else are on about are different and will NEVER be good due to poor desighn, the biger MC only covers up how crap they are.
I've got the same calipers on my 750 and they have the most feel out of almost any brakes i've riden with (using the standard mc)
Re: Front Master Cylinder
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:11 am
by Gemini
as baz said, if you dont get a big brembo mc, then them 6pots will never work
put the 6pots back on ebay and look for better 4pots
i hear the yamaha blue spots are pretty good
gem
Re: Front Master Cylinder
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:12 am
by Gemini
rene wrote:the biger MC only covers up how crap they are.
im not rising to it this time
oh, and another nice tip is use this stuff when you rebuild your brakes
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Red-Rubber-Grease ... m153.l1262
gem
Re: Front Master Cylinder
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:14 am
by rene
sssshhhh gem your talking crap hes using these calipers not the skunk ones we've got

Re: Front Master Cylinder
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:19 am
by Gemini
right,
i know what feckin 6pots he's using cuz if you read the first part of the thread robB informs me of it, so dont tell me im talking shite
now if the zx7r 6pots are so toad and have a design flaw, how is it that mine work feckin superbly now?
you say the brembo mc only covers up the problem
this may be true, but this "cover up" eliminates lever travel and removes the sponginess
so that to me = fixed
what more do you want from a brake system
gem