It took weeks longer than I thought it'd take but the rear wheel is finally sorted. Wheels, chains, brakes, everything. Next I'd like to make a 'final' set of spacers for the rear wheel and have them anodized... but that's for another day.
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| ZX6 caliper and bracket mounted with spacers |
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| Rotor clearance looks good... I hope |
Surprisingly, the ZX6 rear caliper didn't offer nearly as much weight savings as I thought. With pads, the ZX6 Tokico single piston caliper and ZX7 Nission dual piston caliper weight pretty much the same. I would guess that if the aluminum spacers required for the ZX6 caliper were tossed onto the sale, the two calipers would have identical weights.
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| ZX6 caliper |
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| ZX7 caliper |
At this point, the rear brake works but could do with some longer button head caliper bolts. The flagned bolts I'm using right now are just something I dug up in my parts bin and don't sit in the caliper bracket quite right. I'd also like to order a shorter brake line eventually.
Anyways, everything is functional at least. And this being sunday, I had some time to snap some more pics of my bike with the new caliper mounted.
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