Decided to start the Busa brake conversion last night.
Ended up being another side track...
Parts
Old original setup.
Street outlaws playing on the tube.
Its apart....the easy part.
Stock rotor vs R1 Rotor.
Size difference between the too. More disc area, more stopping power!
AND THEN THE SIDE TRACK!!!
Stock rotor bolts.
Lasering them....
Ready for plating.
In the tank.... to find my first mistake. These are crap bolts, cast or pot metal....
Had to strip and redo it. Now first flash copper strike for the nickel to stick to it.
Plated first attempt.
One side done...
I stopped at 2:30 am this morning. I put the wheel back on so the bike would be safe. I ll start working again later tonight on it. I have to finish the other side bolts. I can let these plate while I work, and then tonight I ll install them and start on the calipers. Going to do High Gloss black on them. I am going to do Matt's wheels tonight too if I can get them apart. So hopefully tonight I ll have the calipers finished and I can start making the adapter plate tomorrow.
This is probably one of the longer parts of the build. Most everything else has been a few hours max. This will be a few days since I am rebuilding calipers, powder coating, doing the bolts and making brackets. I also have some braided line, but its not for the Vmax, so I am unsure on the length. I also have a Busa read caliper, not sure if thats a bolt on, but its new in box, so I might bolt that on also. I ll check the rear rotor as well.
One thing I will say, is once you start, you have to do everything. Doing the front calipers black, means I have to rebuild the rear caliper and make it black also. I guess it keeps me busy...... If there was money in it, I would build other peoples bikes again. But alas, no money in building things for other people, atleast in the motorcycle world.
I also talked with my buddy about wrapping this fenders and tank cover on this one. Waiting to hear back. I think I am going to keep it red though. But thats not 100% for sure. I was basing the build off the bike being red.