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[Senna3]

front brake up grade for single disc set up 4 pad radial calliper with pads and adaptor bracket for 65 mm spacing forks brand new never used dallas brought a pair but only wanted the one ,cost £300 yours for £275 +p&p . bargain good uprade if your running single disc , road or track ideal for DD bike .

[bradders]

thought you cant use monoblock on DD?

[chris.p]

[quote=bradders]thought you cant use monoblock on DD?

Not a monoblack Bradders, it is a radial from a 749R/999R + a few other models.
I think Hugh ran a single one on his "B" bike with 696 radial forks last year.



Chris

[Iconic944ss]

Interesting!

Are the adaptor brackets made commercially ???

[bradders]

ar ok all looks the same to me Chris!

[skidlids]

Originally Posted by Iconic944ss

Interesting!

Are the adaptor brackets made commercially ???

Yes Frank on Ebay.it About £127 plus postage last time I looked at the then exchange rate, which is where I showed Dallas where to get them from. Note they use the M10 X 1.5mm Corse thread bolts and not the finer thread bolts that normally bolt on a 65mm spaced caliper

Any Caliper as fitted to a Production Ducati which is considered as OEM are allowed in DD.

Hugh was the first one to make use of the rule allowing him to fit a radial caliper although he went about it a different way

[skidlids]

and how one looks fitted

[Jolley]

Forgive my ignorance, but mounting a Radial caliper on an axial adapter is the same as having an axial caliper (though with a slightly newer caliper). So in theory not gaining any performance advantage and could just be adding weight? Or am I missing something? Look nice though.

(and you had better advise him they work better with brake lines attached! )

[Iconic944ss]

Likewise, I'm guessing that a radial master would be needed to get the best out of such a setup?

Great looking custom installation (IMHO) but thinking about it, I'm still very happy with the 4-pad brembo's I have on all my bikes now and I've not even tried the race friction pads that I bought nearly 10 years ago

[skidlids]

Originally Posted by Jolley

Forgive my ignorance, but mounting a Radial caliper on an axial adapter is the same as having an axial caliper (though with a slightly newer caliper). So in theory not gaining any performance advantage and could just be adding weight? Or am I missing something? Look nice though.

(and you had better advise him they work better with brake lines attached! )

That's what I would have thought Ron, but several years ago when racing at Thruxton I talked with Mark Buldock about a similar conversion on the 996RS engined CSC Racing bike he was running in SoT and he said he could feel an improvement over the Axial calipers he had ran previously
That year he ended up winning the NGRRCs SoT championship as well as their Open and Powerbike Championships. So I would say he has a inkling of what he's talking about

Chances are I wouldn't be able to tell the difference. and with Dallas after what happened with his brakes at Pembrey in 2010 he's just making sure he's happy with the setup he's using.
And if someone is contemplating going to single disc from a standard two disc setup or has a 620 Dark then this is an option

Does save having to change the forks like Hugh did to go with a Radial Caliper allowing Dallas to stick with the Adjustable S4 Forks already in his bike and retainin the settings, front rideheight etc that he used last year

As for brake line (singular), the whole bike has to come apart again for the frame to go off to be powder coated, engine is currently away for a refesh and its got one of my spare engines in it. It did have my other spare engine in it but we swapped them on Saturday as Andy C is buying the other engine off me.
At the moment Dallas needs it as a rolling chassis as he hopes to get an exhaust sorted later this week