Spongy Brakes

[vstroman]

Neat job, do you feel a big improvement? did you change the brake lines/master cylinder as well? thanks.

[Hugh Mungus]

Mine didn't come with any back-plates 

[vstroman]

Did you change the master cylinder as well? I see some recommend installing a bleeder valve up at the banjo on the master cylinder too.

[vstroman]

How do you know whetehr to get the 62mm or 65mm hole offset, suppose it depends which calipers you get, maybe get them first and measure the offset?

[Miggs]

I also had horribly spongy brake lever and piss poor stopping.
Flushed thoroughly - no change.
Cable tie on all night - much better lever, but still poor braking.
Change to EBC HH sintered pads - MUCH better!

Now happy.

[Chippy4467]

For the ABS version you may wish to check the hoses - the ones that you can see are braided but up behind the forks its just normal Jap rubber hose which given time will go soft and expand under pressure - they did on my 58 plate & I could actually feel them expand between my fingers.
Hel (mentioned already in this thread) in Exeter now produce full set of braided hoses for the ABS version- they had mine as the pattern
Makes "Hel" of a difference. No really the difference is amazing and now more responsive than the brakes on my Explorer.
Well worth doing - but then being the first ABS one mine came foc (second bike to get that privilege - did the same with CBF1000)
blokes at Hel are very helpful.
Other tip is to use a vacuum unit to draw the fluid through the system - again much easier than forcing it. I use a Sealey hand vac unit having first put PTFE thread on the caliper bleed nipples.

Chippy