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Sid Squid · 31-08-16, 06:47 AM

Nothing else is a straight fit, no. I haven't any doubt that there are any number of calipers that could be persuaded on, but any other caliper will be subject to the same corrosive circumstances that your present one is.
Despite popular opinion, I don't think that the original one is particularly prone to fault, or at least no more than any other commonly found, modern brake. It has been suggested that being underslung may possibly cause it to gunge up sooner than it otherwise might, but I'm not convinced. Sadly there's no easy substitute for regular maintenance and cleaning.

31-08-16, 06:47 AM	#2
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	Re: Curvy rear caliper replacement Nothing else is a straight fit, no. I haven't any doubt that there are any number of calipers that could be persuaded on, but any other caliper will be subject to the same corrosive circumstances that your present one is. Despite popular opinion, I don't think that the original one is particularly prone to fault, or at least no more than any other commonly found, modern brake. It has been suggested that being underslung may possibly cause it to gunge up sooner than it otherwise might, but I'm not convinced. Sadly there's no easy substitute for regular maintenance and cleaning. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"