best front brake? brembo 19x20? 16x18?

[ROWDY]

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Originally Posted by Teach bill d and i just talked about this ad nauseam last week... i wish the 16*18 was the same for brembo vs. magura. i think bill d runs a 16*16or18 on his front. galfer sells this sweet accossato front master that is something like 19*16/17/18 or something. 19*18 is pretty standard i think...maybe someone knows how to get rid of the squeak in the front brakes? bill rod emy bike and said the brakes suck

I believe the Magura is 16x16. Accossato is a very nice master as well. Thats the pad/rotor combo ur running, try something organic and it should fix that. Lightly scuff the rotors and clean them back off w brake parts cleaner.

[mattducati08]

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Originally Posted by ROWDY It sounds like theres something wrong w your HB. The 19x18 would not be a great HB master with a single caliper unless it was 6pistons. What caliper do u run on the HB? The 16x18 should have zero problem locking that rear wheel up. Sounds more like a pad, rotor issue

Im running the hohey 4piston big rotor kit for HB with the brembo 16x18..iv heard of the thing with the pads wearing down and touching cus they dont have full contact on the disc n that u gotta sand em down..but they arent touching. i used the rebuild kit on my brembo and its still kinda crappy..there was a tiny slice taken out of one of the seals on the piston but i replaced it and it didnt seem to fix it.

i always want more brake...who doesnt..but as for the front brake i think im gonna go for the 19x18...lets just hope it wont get me into too much trouble gettin used to it

[ROWDY]

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Originally Posted by mattducati08 Im running the hohey 4piston big rotor kit for HB with the brembo 16x18..iv heard of the thing with the pads wearing down and touching cus they dont have full contact on the disc n that u gotta sand em down..but they arent touching. i used the rebuild kit on my brembo and its still kinda crappy..there was a tiny slice taken out of one of the seals on the piston but i replaced it and it didnt seem to fix it. i always want more brake...who doesnt..but as for the front brake i think im gonna go for the 19x18...lets just hope it wont get me into too much trouble gettin used to it

The HHD Big Rotor kit eliminates that whole pad touching thing, w the larger rotor u will get full pad contact. What brand rotor are u running? I think U will like the 19x18, Ive ran it and its the bees knees

[Raider]

You rebuilt the brembo? Where did you get the seals? Are you sure you didn't end up with one of those frembo rebuild kits?

[mattducati08]

the rebuild kit i got was the snap ring dust seal and ajuster ball joint ...when i took my master apart i saw a slight tear on the return seal and my dad found an identical seal in a pile of parts he had..slapped it back together and lubed the shit outta everything and it seems fine..i havent had the chance to really have a good sesh on it

[Raider]

Yea if that seal is even a slight bit different that master is gonna blow. Do yourself a favor and send it to yoyodyne and have then rebuild it. Its cheap enough.

[mattducati08]

shit son lol i'll look into that :

[Hooligan23]

Isn't the galfer master better for one caliper?

[ADBZ Matt]

I used to use the magura for my front, and switched to the brembo... I like the consistant feel of the brembo over the magura... They are both great masters like was stated above, and I am no endo killer, but prefer the brembo!

This is what I didnt like about the magura:

When doing burnouts/endos or anything that would make the brake fluid get hot, I would get push back from the magura lever that I could actually feel mid trick... And it would get harder mid trick...

The brembo doesnt have the same squish feeling, but it also doesn change the feel as the brake fluid heats up... it always feels the same. A lever shouldnt start to push on your hand, or require you to pull harder to keep the same tension on the brakes... Maybe someone else can describe this better, but I switched and am very happy with my choice.

As far as the Handbrake goes I love the magura and actually like the feedback I get when it heats up but it is a smaller bore master, and the squish is spot on, and arm pump is a thing of the past!

[JohnnyP]

Im a 19x20 fan for life, got one on all 3 of my bikes, and have had one on all my bikes since 2001...I run a Magura billet 20mm on my 03/04 636 here, a Brembo forged 19x20 on my other 03/04 636...And a Brembo billet 19x20 on my 09 ZX6R.....

Its totally a preference thing, the bigger size give you more braking with less travel and more solid feel at the lever...The smaller size will give you more travel and have a softer feel....I like the rock hardness of 20mm masters for front brakes...

There is also now the Brembo RCS 19 available which give you the ability to change the piviot distance...This allows you to change between the 2 differet feels of a 19x18 and 19x20....At the turn of a screw

You can read up on it here
http://www.yoyodyneti.com/ProductInf...id=110.A263.10