Duc2V4

I have experienced a little vibration at the front left caliper when lightly pressing the rear brake pedal, but lightly adding braking from the front brake lever or applying more pressure on the rear pedal usually quells it. My guess is that the center piston is not giving enough even pressure on the entire brake pad when triggered from just the rear brake pedal, this allowing the pad to vibrate due to uneven pressure on the pad. Adding the braking from the front lever "evens out" pressure across the whole pad and thus remove the vibration. More pressure from the rear pedal just pushes the pad tighter to the rotor and provides the similar "relief" to the vibration. At least that is how I theorized it.I am curious as to your statement, "could air get in from pulling out the cylinder?" What do you mean by this? Did you remove one of the caliper pistons? What cylinder are you referring to? In either case, I would have to say pulling anything out could introduce air into a system, if what is pulled out is part of the fluid containment in that system.

From the looks of one of the photos, more likely Mulholland A.K.A. "The Snake". Then again, So Cal roads all look the same to some degree! Yes. Where the stem connects to the mount.

The 5 Gen base mounting whole spacing is 50mm while the 6 Gen is 40mm. The pivot bolt is interchangeable if I remember correctly.

It would be best if you give us some details on what your bike is. Also being that this is your first post, maybe create an introductory post with pics of your bike. Give us some basic info about you and your bike. Cheers!

I'd go with metal ones personally, Aluminum would be a good choice.

Are you going to use the ABS version of these? or get them made with metal? If ABS is the plan I probably could have saved a lot of time by having my partner make them! As he already made the mock ups once before. One thing to consider is UV issues. Some materials do not hold up when exposed to UV light (B.K.A. Sunlight).I forgot what material my partner said would be the best but he's on vacation until after next weekend.

Welcome to the MBD group! It can sometimes be a burden but for the most part you can live a happy life! Congrats Dutchy!

Careful, you don't want to crash the internet...Both builds came out awesome. You guys have tremendous talent!

Since a lot of us have installed speed bleeders on our VFRs and many of us have more than one bike. The part numbers for our other rides may not be the same as our VFR. As I was cleaning out my desk, I found a Speed Bleeder pamphlet with the part numbers and how they relate to their diameter and thread pitch size. So if you can get that info from your OEM bleed nipple, you can use this chart to get the part you need real easy. Of course you can always go to their website and cross reference but with this page you can printout and put it in you tool box or garage. FYI, the 5 and 6 Gen brake calipers use the SB8125 (M8 x 1,25) note that the 'L' version just has a slightly longer nipple than the non 'L' version. It does a better job of keeping the bleed hose from falling off the nipple.(That's what she said). The 'LL' version not only has the longer nipple, but is longer overall. It is used on one the proportional valves on the ABS model 6 gens and on the only proportional valve on the non ABS model 6 gen and 5 gen bikes.

Sweet! Nice job Seb, can't wait for more pics and the story.

Having two bikes is hard, trying to find time to ride one or the other can be difficult but now that I have three, it's even more so. My primary bike, the 09 is my commuter/tourer, so that one has a purpose almost exclusively, but the Duc and 01 are strictly for play. I try and alternate which bike I ride on the weekend but somehow I gravitate to the 01 more. Sometimes I get lucky and get to ride all three, bikes on a weekend, it's happened more than a few times but not very often. If you have the means and room, keep the VFR, sometimes you just need to ride something different than what you're used to or what you may ride daily. It's like that with my Duc, it's 20 years old and no where near the capabilities of a modern sport bike or the VFR for that matter, but I just can't part with it, it's just a fun bike to ride. It's sounds fantastic, it looks gorgeous just standing still and it draws a lot of attention from riders and "civilians" alike. Your VFR IMO falls into this category, as much as I like riding the VFRs, I still love riding that old V-Twin, you might find it to be the same with your Tiger vs your VFR.

I cannot vouch for the knock off brand levers as my 6 Gen has not not been tipped over or crashed yet (knock on wood) but can say that ASV levers do hold up to tip over/crashes. Not only did I low side on my Duc with only scratches to the brake lever, I also tipped over my 5 Gen with scratches being the only damage as well. I've seen OEM levers not hold up this well, on more than one VFR. A couple of things I like about the ASV levers is the "feel" and adjustability the knob allows vs. the 6 position preset type of the knock off. The knock off levers I do have on the 6 Gen have color fading and although lever feel, as in when squeezing them, is fine they do feel less substantial than the ASV, if that makes sense. At first I was not sure I wanted to pay the cost of the ASV, but at the time I bought the levers for the Duc, the dealer gave me a deal on them, so I went for it. When I decided to get them for the 5 Gen, I went to ASV directly and bought the refurbished ones for half price. From what I hear, they no longer offer the refurbished ones directly from their website they do still offer them if you go in orr call them. As far as getting what you pay for or paying more for what your getting, each person has to decide what that ROI is. Not high on the priority list, But I will eventually get the ASV levers for my 6 Gen.

The deals are out there. I was able to grab one recently for Duccmann for $180 shipped with the front wheel too! Split that in half and the 8 spoke was $90! Less if we sold the front wheel for more. I almost went for buy the "whole bike" to get the wheel, but in this case the seller only wanted $500 for the bike, which is fairly reasonable, as I could have easily modified my 5 spoke to fit and resold the bike for the same money. IMO, $1680 is too much of a difference in value for the gain.

Sweet. Are you going to do an installation thread too? I had done my '09 the old school way, by taking the whole kit apart and putting all back together with the parts I got from Jamie. He said the kit was going to be simple "drop in" setup but it would be cool for those who might be less mechanically inclined to see how simple it is. I know a few riders that are reluctant to do these types of upgrades because they don't feel they have the aptitude, tools or workspace. I offer help and my garage/tools to a few but I'm not local to a lot of members who might be on the fence. Cheers

Holy resurrected post! Although the content is still valid, the original post is more than 12 years old. Actually kind of timely, as I was thinking of doing a valve check on my VFRs.

Try using Plasti-dip if you're planning on using paint instead, it will peel right off if you find you don't like it. Saves you from ruining a good face shield.

I'd be interested. Definitely with the VFR logo.

So, I'll bite on this and ask a question, why is it that cars don't have the issues that bikes do? What is different in bike engines vs car engines?To add to this, bikes typically do not have to have biannual emissions tests! At least here in CA.

Either it was damaged in shipping or misrepresented. I'd look into getting a refund if it is the latter.

I have the CAD files that were given to Greg. According to my partner who printed them, the resolution of them was not high, but enough to get a decent print. I'll send what I have via a dropbox link in a PM. I can send you the 3-D print just so you can have a physical item in front of you.

Seb, I can send you one of the 3-D print proofs that I had made if that will help.

Unless someone has a GSXR and a VFR and is willing to donate their time with taking pictures for you, I know I cannot accommodate your request. I only volunteered to help facilitate the fabrication, hence the 3D print outs my partner made. Not sure if anyone else involved here actually bought the GSXR mirrors without any adapter plates available.

There's a pic in the first post of this thread and I also had a proof of concept of the actual adapter made out of PLA using a 3D printer...