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Phelan
Posted on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 09:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Has anybody tried aftermarket '84-'99 HD calipers on a tuber? I ask because I found out some years ago that the bolt spacing is the same between the two, but I didn't have a rotor to test the theory...
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Gusm2
Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 05:45 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Why, I would imagine that would be down grading from your OE 6 pot
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Phelan
Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 09:04 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Hence why I said aftermarket. An aftermarket PM 6 pot should perform the same or better than the stock PM. But if they fit, dual discs would become a lot easier and cheaper..
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Dannybuell
Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 09:08 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

let us know if you do it!
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Phelan
Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 11:46 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

My brother has a Thunderheart 6 pot on his '93 FXD. I'll try it when I pick up my S2 : ).
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Firemanjim
Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 02:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Good luck, never found anyone with a left side caliper with Buell bolt spacing, tried PM at the factory. Ended up with a factory Buell racing dual set-up still in packaging and an aftermarket set-up from ISR . Both went with my bike to Don Casto.
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Firemanjim
Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 02:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Here are pics of my S-2, red was how I bought it, but saw a pic Brankin posted of an all black one from factory and was inspired.Bike had 1250 with Baker 6 speed, Mikuni, stage 3 heads, Red Shift cams, Metmachex swingarm, ISR front dual disc set-up, Marchesini ultra light front wheel. Before pic

red S-2

And after

black S-2
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Firemanjim
Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 02:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Almost forgot, in it's Bonneville clothes

Salt S-2
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Natexlh1000
Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 02:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Well they're all Nissin brake hardware on Showa forks, right? You may have an easier time with finding jap bikes' compatibility.

Perhaps time to go to a junkyard with a pair of calipers?
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Phelan
Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 10:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Nate I'm not talking about the factory pieces, but rather the aftermarket pieces by PM, JayBrake, ThunderHeart (RIP), etc.
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