More April Love

The super trick Rizoma fluid reservoir arrived today and will replace the plain old plastic one on my brembo 16, asv levered, master cylinder that now resides on the Aprilia. Stay tuned for final installation and write up.

Aprilia Love

After making quick work of the derbi mods I had some wrench time left for April and what do ya know, another brake mod! Mounted up a brembo master cylinder from an r6 along with my recently purchased asv "unbreakable" shorty lever. The lever was a great add on being more durable, .0357 grams lighter, better looking, and way more adjustable than stock. Still need to flush the old fluid, wire up the brake sensor, and order a super bling fluid reservoir. Also need to research a clutch perch so I can make the same lever upgrade for the other side!

Yes, the bike is now sporting super light aluminum triple clamp, clip ons, and fiberglass bodywork. When this bike reappears on the street this summer prepare to smell my two smoke if you're riding with me:-)

Bling

While I wait for the rebuild kit and the nissin master replacement might as well bling out the wimpy stock one! This little anodized red cover is twice as durable, twice as bling, and .0357 oz. Lighter than stock. It also replaces the ugly stock phillips head screws with bling aluminum hex heads. Now if I only had some brake fluid so I could flush out the old brown stuff:-)

Brake Upgrade!

Finally had a few minutes to wrench and figured I should try out the CN racing caliper relocation bracket. This custom made bracket enables me to upgrade the wimpy single piston senda caliper (stock rear GPR caliper) to a two piston GPR front caliper! This and the improved caliper positioning will improve braking big time on the bike. Now that I am comfortable the bracket works I can mount the usd front end once the fork cartridges are modified for performance and color matched to maintain the bikes style. The master cylinder will be replaced soon as well with a radial nissan unit from a honda rs125 when the rebuild kit arrives at sfmoto.