Topic: Big Brakes wire wheel for Cb750F forks.

[754]

Doing these up for a member. I think they are VFR or VTR,he will mention it later. Only one rotor in oic, there will be two, they are 295 mm.

[Retro Rocket]

Nice Frank...

[754]

 Another pic

[bert96]

 VFR Frank....Very niiicce job!


Bert

[FunJimmy]

Those look great Frank.
Are you planning on making an upgrade kit?

[754]

 Those are for Bert, his idea, but I know that folks have asked about wire wheels on those forks..so I made a second set

[scottly]

What size pistons are in the calipers? 27mm?

[andrewk]

Nice work Frank.  Did you do both the rotors and the caliper mount?

Think there's enough room on the rotor to lay out a 5 hole pattern for comstars?   I know nobody messes with 'em, but I've got a pair I'm using, and if that's an option, big brakes sure sound better than sourcing late DOHC calipers and brackets...

[MRieck]

Looks good frank. Those F2 forks are much easier to work with than the earlier K and F pieces

[754]

 Thanks guys, the rotor came with the correct 6 hole in it from Bert. I think going 5 hole on existing 6 hole generally does not work unless the 5, is much smaller bolt circle. Many were asking about switching to wire wheels, plenty of 6 bolt ones around.
 I tucked them in close, much harder to hold the pces then, to finish machining, but they look better in close..

[Scott S]

 What would it take to run a Brembo caliper on a stock CB550 fork/disc? I have a RH caliper from an XS650 kit I never installed. I wonder if you could make a bracket to make it work on the 550?

[754]

 The forks with the swinging brackets, are tougher to put different calipers on, The F style shown, or any fork legs with solid mounting ears are a bit easier to change calipers on.