The new missus and her new rear end! ZXRS400

[masterofinsanity]

nice one, nice to see people putting different back ends on the zxr!

[Marcie]

Ahh some more upgrade's for my ZXRS400!Namely, twin horn... they sound manly, non of this girly toot business. Sort of like a van haha, still 200 times better than normal.
And then an additional rear caliper, a gold brembo one the rear brake now has a lovely progressive feel then if you push all the way it stops like the front does, it gives alot of feedback and stops my 100% reliance on the front brakes. I must say this was a cosmetic thing, until i actually tried it!
So simple to do both of these mods!

Yeah MOI the rear end of the OE zxr400 is not too my liking, and i think to a considerable ammount of owners. Just shows it can be done.

Marcie

[Marcie]

Strike that, its got THREE horns now... my goodness, it doesnt scare old ladies but deafens them!
Oh and ive got a daytime running light hooked up to the dipped beam now, a home made one ofcourse. Ill get pictures up ASAP.
Consists of a LED torch taken apart took all the stuff it didnt need off which just left the LED's which are red/blue/green and some other colours which flash and rotate, with bright white ones all around the outside which stay on, mounted under the front fairing bolt.


Marcie

[lewisdale]

the new nightrider? lol

[Marcie]

Haha just a bit!

[stug]

Is that safe with 2 calipers bolted to the disc?
I remember recently that a guy was jailed after putting his 4x4 into a river and killing a few of his kids cause he had "modified his brakes"

[Marcie]

Haha good point mate, does it look safe?
Not entirely but thats not the point, back brake is like 0 percent of my braking.
Im going to make a propper bracket soon just because you brought it up.
Dont think id be killing my bairns though, although if i kill myself maybe im killing future bairns, ahh i see where your coming from!

If the calipers were 'bolted to the disc'... that would be DANGEROUS!
If i dont post for a while you can close this thread due to dangerous bodging.

Marcie

[stug]

If the calipers were 'bolted to the disc'... that would be DANGEROUS!
If i dont post for a while you can close this thread due to dangerous bodging.

Marcie

[Marcie]

If you didnt play around with ya bike and make it your own...
You would be a 2000 mp/y sunday rider
and that we are not.

Marcie
Granted if your playing does cause death ... walk away from the cable ties!!!!!!

[lewisdale]

how did you manage to connect both hoses mate? did you use a splitter thing like the front brakes have got?

[Marcie]

I had quite a long bolt (well both banjo's fitted on with about 3 threads spare) from another brake M/C so....
I drilled a second hole further down the bolt and shaved off a thinner diameter, if youve ever seen the bolts you'll know what i mean.
And essentially theyre stacked on eachother. (My mate broke an after market bolt on his master cylinder the other day so i took the time to drill an average bolt through the middle and in one side and shaved off a thinner diameter, his previous bolt was drilled all the way through, hence it broke.


Marcie

[lewisdale]

ahhhh i see, wouldnt i be better to use the splitter thing(cant remember its name)? then at least you knew even pressure is going to each caliper

[Marcie]

Probs. I was thinking of using another M/C mounted side by side with the existing one. But then i came across this bolt and thought id give it a go, works lovely. Seems even and progressive.
Ive ordered some metal cutting bits and bobs and drill bits to get a propper bracket made.

Marcie

[WelshD1K]

who needs soo much back brake? i find that a stock zxr brake locks up nicely if u slam on ...

so why 2?

[Marcie]

Its apperance, and the fact i didnt want to slam the back brake on and lock, much prefer to have a progressive feel.
Dont worry though... all has changed now!
Pictures to follow!

Marcie.