Rear caliper stay - is this original?
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Rear caliper stay - is this original?
I've seen that the rear caliper stays seem to all be cylindrical. The one on my recent acquisition is solid rectangular steel. Is this OEM or am I crackin' up?
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Re: Rear caliper stay - is this original?
Not, original are tubular as you said.
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Re: Rear caliper stay - is this original?
Hmm. Thought so. Wonder why that was changed? I can't imagine a reason other than tire clearance - and the swingarm is original and unmodified.
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Re: Rear caliper stay - is this original?
original wheel and swingarm you shouldn't need to switch it for tire clearance ...
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Re: Rear caliper stay - is this original?
For tire clearance and also longer for aftermarket shock reservoir clearance.
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Re: Rear caliper stay - is this original?
wouldn't an oversize tire hit the stock swing arm first?daves79x wrote:For tire clearance and also longer for aftermarket shock reservoir clearance.
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Re: Rear caliper stay - is this original?
I have a stock one if you want to change it to original. Pm me if interested.desertrefugee wrote:Hmm. Thought so. Wonder why that was changed? I can't imagine a reason other than tire clearance - and the swingarm is original and unmodified.
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Re: Rear caliper stay - is this original?
Has your rear brake caliper/stay been modified?
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Re: Rear caliper stay - is this original?
The only modification I can see is the replacement of the original stay with the one pictured above. I think I'll keep it. My bike was a one-owner specimen, but far from original.EMS wrote:Has your rear brake caliper/stay been modified?
For instance, in the photo above alone, there are numerous changes - the caliper stay, drilled rotor, braided steel brake line, anodized wheel spokes, shock (of unknown origin).
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