Cool looks great!

 

Very nice sir. I also am digging the fairing-exit exhaust.

 

got a sound clip of that exhaust?

 

No not yet, my welder and I are just prototyping it at the moment. When it's done and has the sheet metal encloser rivited in, I'll get some pics and sound clips up.

I'm missing the braided hoses... getting one-piece calipers but using them with rubber lines is just funny... get some proper brake lines for that brick wall effect. just an idea! are these real monoblocks? anyone could post a picture of the other side of the calipers? the nissins were 'so called' monoblocks but they're 2 piece designs. Though they're stiff as hell...

Yes they're real monoblocks , no the Kawi Nissins are not(although a fine set of calipers), and as the setup currently sits, I really like the feel of the brakes. I don't see the need for braided lines on this bike, the RR lines are fine. It still maintains a somewhat progressive feel, which I prefer. I don't like the "on or off" feel, or the brickwall effect as you put it. But thats just me.

Which Nissins are not so called monoblocks? The only Nissin monoblocks I know of are on the new 675 and then NISSIN MONO BLOCK BRAKES images and photos - OPPRACING . I could be wrong about the 675 but I think that is what I read.

You are correct. The new 675 nissins are the monoblocks.

man you got a good laugh out of me for sure, these are on par with brembo M4's!
but sure they were way cheaper $140 or less a pair and anything is an upgrade over the typical throw away calipers of early era radial brakes from Tokico.

Well, 90% of the performance at 15% of the cost is pretty good. The M4 comment was a quote I read in a mag doing a full review on the new CBR 1K. The comment was by one of the test riders, said the brakes performed on par with his track bike that's equiped with M4's. I'm sure the comment is a bit of a stretch for publicity's sake, but I have to say, the monoblocks are awesome.

wants a review of them and how they perform

We'll find out at the next track day. Can't really put these to the test on the street.

 

I'm missing the braided hoses... getting one-piece calipers but using them with rubber lines is just funny... get some proper brake lines for that brick wall effect. just an idea! are these real monoblocks? anyone could post a picture of the other side of the calipers? the nissins were 'so called' monoblocks but they're 2 piece designs. Though they're stiff as hell...

 

Which Nissins are not so called monoblocks? The only Nissin monoblocks I know of are on the new 675 and then NISSIN MONO BLOCK BRAKES images and photos - OPPRACING . I could be wrong about the 675 but I think that is what I read.

These he has posted are. Looked at them on a new CBR in the showroom and it is one piece, no bolts holding it together.

 

the one you posted is the top of the shelf stuff from Nissin. I meant the oem calipers from the ZX6R from 07 and up... "the black ones"

 

man you got a good laugh out of me for sure, these are on par with brembo M4's!

but sure they were way cheaper $140 or less a pair and anything is an upgrade over the typical throw away calipers of early era radial brakes from Tokico.

 

wants a review of them and how they perform

 

Dont they touch less of the rotor with the spacers?

 

Sorry that came out backwards. I meant I have never heard of anyone calling the black oem nissins on kawis monoblock.

 

Did you have to use longer bolts?
10x65?

 

stock bolts work

 

 

def look nice. i still have the gold caliper on my rear may get around to that someday.

 

Bump. Any news on how well these calipers perform? Significantly or noticeable better than the stock units? I wanna get some.

 

I have a set and compared to the stock 07+ brakes they don't have the same initial bite, though there's good feel. On the other hand they also seem to weigh about 1/2 of the stock Nissin's... and then I sold my nissins for what I paid for the CBR's. I think it's more to do with the fact that they're single pad per side instead of dual pad and you lose that second leading edge, but the weight savings is sure nice.

I bought some 5 mm spacer but they have the "lip" on both sides.
Im assuming you shaved the lip off one side to make it "modified" ?

If I shave that lip off is 5mm good enough to have the pads grab the rotors at maximal proportions?

Yeah, they'll work with the shaved 5mm spacer. That's what I used.

 

I bought some 5 mm spacer but they have the "lip" on both sides.
Im assuming you shaved the lip off one side to make it "modified" ?

If I shave that lip off is 5mm good enough to have the pads grab the rotors at maximal proportions?

 

I hit them with an angle grinder while holding them in the vice, then used needlenose pliers to pull off the dross that gets melted into the hole.

 

I just held them in a vice and shaved them down slowly with various files. In the end you couldn't hardly tell they were even modified. The metal is very soft.

 

Thanks again mounted em up, used a dremel.

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