VTR1000F

Not mine or anyone I know.

Clean set of 02 GSXR1000 Tokico 6-pot front calipers painted blue for $97 on eBay.

They're a bolt-on mod for those that don't know.

01 02 Suzuki GSXR 1000 Front Brake Calipers Left Right Tokico S7 | eBay

mikstr

FWIW, while they offer more visible bling than the Nissin 4-pots used on the last of the axial-mount Honda CBR (and RC51) units, they are inferior bits..... money would be better spent on the latter if one is looking to upgrade....

VTR1000F

Mikstr, what's that assessment based on? Personal experience? And, when you say inferior, inferior to what? Worse than the CBR/RC51, but better than the SuperHawk?

I have a set to mount as I read they were a good braking upgrade and I do love how they look (the most important factor in any decision).

thedeatons

I remember reading their pistons stick a lot, and they require momitoring because of that...

James

mikstr

that is one of the problems..... many GSXR owners of said years upgraded to the Honda Nissins due to their superior quality and performance (BTW, aforementioned Nissins are generally considered to be among the best OEM calipers every offered). Sorry if this comes as unwelcome news, but do some searching on Google and you'll see; I did this very research some years ago when I was looking at both options ......

VTR1000F

Well, ****. In all my reading about using these, I never happened upon that info. Thanks both of you for the input.

E.Marquez

I had some of the 6 pot... they were ok in grab... but required rebuild to fix a sticking piston.. worked fine after that but I sold um off and went CBR Nissan Loaded with Vesrah RJL pads, it was an improvement above the 6 pot for me.

VTR1000F

Eric, when you were running the 6-pots, what MC were you running?

captainchaos

My feelings entirely. I say just remove the damn thing altogther.

captainchaos

I wouldn't worry too much if you already bought them and decide not to use them as they should be pretty easy to sell on ebay. I had a set I bought for cheap off ebay (as in .99 with free shipping) but it was too good to be true as they turned out to be off a zrx or zx9 and the mounting was a little different. They were gone pretty quickly for decent money when I relisted them.

captainchaos

2000 2001 Honda CBR929 Front Brake Calipers Caliper CBR900 954 00 01 929 Pads | eBay

Think I sold my tokicos for $50 so you should almost be an even swap

Or with braided lines and MC for $99

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2001-CBR-929...3c308e&vxp=mtr

mikstr

Jeezus, take the ugliest bike on the market and make it uglier yet....... makes me want to hurl....

VTR1000F

Damn captain, that made me throw up in my mouth a little.

I'm still going to mount them up and give them a try. I've read plenty that they are an improvement over stock.

VTR1000F

Could be worse. Could be red.

captainchaos

Sorry haha I figured if I googled custom Hayabusa it would be the easiest way to find a ghetto $hitbox with a missing caliper and rotor on the front wheel.

mikstr

well, we haven't had a colour debate in some time now, lol

VTR1000F

That's not due to a lack of rude, insensitive color-biased comments on my part.

E.Marquez

I tired three
VTR
RC51 SP1 and SP2

Jack Flash

Nah ! Yellow would of taken the cake....;O)

VTR1000F

There's no need for your rude, insensitive color-biased comments.

Jack Flash

LOL. Steve, if you're on the market for an RC51 MC for your brake conversion, gimme a hauler, I've got something nice and cheap for you.