I Want Two Front Calipers

[Sheradan]

I want to do away with the trac braking and have two front calipers. Any idea how to do this? Is a different mastercylinder required?

[CrazyHorse]

I want to do away with the trac braking and have two front calipers. Any idea how to do this? Is a different mastercylinder required?

 

Whats trac braking? Do you mean linked braking? Its not to hard but you would be better off with a set of 86+ forks so you could put on blue star R1 or R6 calipers.

[skydoc_17]

Hey Dan,

I am going to take a guess here and assume that you would like to have BOTH front calipers work off of the right brake lever and the rear brake work off of the brake pedal.

If this is correct, then here's what you need to do this.

You will need a front brake line set from a Yamaha VMAX including the "splitter" and the two front lines that go to the front calipers. You will also need a rear brake line to go from the rear caliper to the upper most brake fitting on the rear master cylinder (this is the fitting that the left front used to connect to) Your stock rear brake line is too short. Both the front and rear master cylinders can still be used but that need to be functioning properly. (Might need rebuild kits) At this point, you will remove the "hard line" that runs from the rear master cylinder to the left front caliper. I also removed the proportioning valve. You will plug the fitting in the rear master where the old rear brake line connected. You will connect your new rear brake line to the fitting that went to the left front caliper. Bleed the rear brake caliper. The rear is now done. Now for the front, Remove the stock lines from the front master. Install the VMAX line set to the front master cylinder. Under the front of the fairing right below the headlight is the mounting bracket for the stock banjo bolt. You will remove this and install the VMAX splitter here. I have attached a pic of the adapter bracket I made to hold the new VMAX splitter and double banjo bolts. Run the VMAX lines down the front fork tubes using the stock clips and attach the line ends to both front calipers. Bleed the front calipers and you are good to go.

NOTE: I removed all of the old hard lines and other items to give my bike a cleaner look.

If you have any questions, or need a bracket made, or need more detail about where I got my brake parts at PM me.

Earl

P.S. If this is not what you were asking about, then I'm sorry I hijacked this thread!

E.

Edited May 5, 2009 by skydoc_17
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[Sheradan]

Skydoc, Thank you. That's what I needed. The only time I use rear brake is what I'm pulling the trailer. I just need more stopping power up front.