I ended up picking up a track bike, so if I do go down on the track, I won't wad up nice street bike. In the mean time, I waited almost three weeks for Bike Bandit to send me the caliper seal... "In stock" apparently means "we'll order it from Honda and then send it out." Argh! I threw in the new seals and threw everything back together. I swapped over to DOT 5 fluid, so if i had any leaks, it wouldn't strip the paint again. While bleeding the brakes, I noticed a leak at one of the banjo fittings. Gave it another little crank and it stripped the threads out of the caliper. Turns out the threads on the banjo bolt were less than stellar.
At this point, I have another caliper I can rebuild. I'm going to try to get it done this week so I can get out on her at least once more before the end of the season. There may be some changes over the winter. I'm still trying to decide if I want to throw a modern front end on it. And if I do, go with modern wheels to make brakes easy or try to do something like Thruxton wheels on it so I can get some decent tires on it. I almost like the idea of keeping it as is, but goddam, those front brakes suck. Even with the dual conversion, they're terrible. Old pads? Crappy technology? I'm not sure what to think yet.
