What did you do to your Raptor today

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Re: What did you do to your Raptor today

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Well a radial master cylinder will make a difference.
No need for 19RCS etc.
I got one from a superduke.
You can really use the brakes at their full potential.
Try it before changing the lines.
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Dante wrote:Well a radial master cylinder will make a difference.
No need for 19RCS etc.
I got one from a superduke.
You can really use the brakes at their full potential.
Try it before changing the lines.
Yeah i am more than happy with the braking power, i am not interested in stoppies but she does pull up extremely well. One other thing if i did go to a new radial m/c i would have to get rid of my nice vtech levers :shock: and mix and match
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ozzraptor wrote:Today i fitted some Braking wave rotors,not the chinese ones , and some new pads. Also save 3/4 kilo in weight with the new rotors!
Damn they're hot!
Must. Get. Job. :(

BTW I'm not gonna recommend the HEL lines to anyone any more - I don't go out in the rain much but my banjo bolts are already looking pretty shit.
"Surely" they should have been made from 316 s/s, no? :rant:
Road racing's where it's at - going round in circles all day is for hamsters.
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Spyke wrote:
ozzraptor wrote:Today i fitted some Braking wave rotors,not the chinese ones , and some new pads. Also save 3/4 kilo in weight with the new rotors!
Damn they're hot!
Must. Get. Job. :(

BTW I'm not gonna recommend the HEL lines to anyone any more - I don't go out in the rain much but my banjo bolts are already looking pretty shit.
"Surely" they should have been made from 316 s/s, no? :rant:
I bought a limited edition rear line from goodridge, and you guessed it the s/s banjo bolts did not fit :angry:
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Seemed like a good time to give the crappy front header a bit of a clean up. With some fine wet and dry it came up from rusty brown to nice s/steel but needs a lot more work but an improvement, before and after.
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:thumbsup: just put my poadercoated handlebars back on the bike. Love the look with mat black handlebars instead of shinny ones :thumbsup:
Next up is a set of black levers that don't cost a lot of money and wrapping the back exhaust for heat isolation. :ride:
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Tikka wrote::thumbsup: just put my poadercoated handlebars back on the bike. Love the look with mat black handlebars instead of shinny ones :thumbsup:
Next up is a set of black levers that don't cost a lot of money and wrapping the back exhaust for heat isolation. :ride:
mate the handlebars look great, funny i just did mine a little while back in matt as well, makes it look a different beast ,i think it cost me $10 8)
Now after a ride my nice shiny stainless front header has gone to a nice shiny bronze , looks even better now
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Thanks. My wife made me order black levers as a gift from her to complete the bike so after a search on this forum i ordered black V-trec safety levers. Luckely they give a lot of discount at the moment. Can't wait to put them on.

Shiny bronze sounds nice!
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Tikka wrote:Thanks. My wife made me order black levers as a gift from her to complete the bike so after a search on this forum i ordered black V-trec safety levers. Luckely they give a lot of discount at the moment. Can't wait to put them on.

Shiny bronze sounds nice!
The vtrecs are awesome, beautiful build quality , i got the 3 way adjustable ,folding as well with gold adjusters.
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Recieved the V trecs today. Straight fit, small adjustment required in adjusting the clutchcable.
Looks and feels awesome! Will try the out tomorrow since the weatherforecast it sun and 20 degrees celsius :revrev:

http://tikka.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Ov ... -j5xPZ29/A
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Wow, looks great, time to ditch that fugly plastic reservoir and invest in a nice billet one? :evil:
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Hmmm, thanks. I didn't really noticed the reservoir, now i do :? . It's ugly like you said. Any tips for a nice one?
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Tikka wrote:Hmmm, thanks. I didn't really noticed the reservoir, now i do :? . It's ugly like you said. Any tips for a nice one?
No fugly brackets but if you can find one that goes directly into the master 8)
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Yeah sorry about that! I love the Evotech ones which are quite expensive, but are things of beauty:
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Pretty expensive but they do do matching rears and you can pick almost any colour combo.
http://www.evotech-rc.it/product/9365/f ... d-outlet#a
http://www.evotech-rc.it/product/9342/r ... ad-image-9

If you've won a lottery recently then Rizoma are worth a look: http://www.rizoma.com/universal/fluid-tanks/en

I went to eBay UK and searched for "billet reservoir" and got quite a few hits, the M Factory ones at http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321366586655 look quite good and the copies of the Rizoma ones http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/390944770258 don't look too shabby either.
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One day I will buy Rizomas next series fluid reservoir... :roll:
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Those are sooo beautiful!
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