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    Change braking from axial to radial
    on: Apr 02, 2023, 04.38 pm
    Apr 02, 2023, 04.38 pm

    I have a z900 and I would like to change the braking to the radial of the Z900 RS or similar.
    I'm looking for the front tips of the Z900 RS where the calipers hook up or similar, I need them for that.

    Greetings and thanks


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    Re: Change braking from axial to radial
    Reply #1 on: Apr 02, 2023, 07.46 pm
    Apr 02, 2023, 07.46 pm
    Can’t help you, I’ve looked myself and couldn’t find anywhere to buy them. There’s a video on youtube of some guys building a Z900 for a race bike and they replace the fork bottoms to allow the use of radial callipers, but I have no idea where they got them. There are kits out there to covert to radial, but they still rely on the axial mount, so they’re of no benefit other than the bling factor of whatever callipers you choose.

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    Re: Change braking from axial to radial
    Reply #2 on: Apr 02, 2023, 07.52 pm
    Apr 02, 2023, 07.52 pm
    I have adapters to do radial braking and it shows.
    But I would like to put the tips of the z900 rs on it, which is what is usually put on.
    but in Spain they are not available.

    I want to remove the adapters and not depend on axial braking


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    Re: Change braking from axial to radial
    Reply #3 on: Apr 02, 2023, 07.58 pm
    Apr 02, 2023, 07.58 pm
    Ah ok, only thing I can think of is finding a scrap yard that has a Z900RS that’s been wrecked and see if you could buy them from there.

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    Re: Change braking from axial to radial
    Reply #4 on: Apr 02, 2023, 08.02 pm
    Apr 02, 2023, 08.02 pm
    Yes, but I don't know which one and the entire second-hand fork costs 1,300 euros plus shipping...
    I just need that piece

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    Re: Change braking from axial to radial
    Reply #5 on: Apr 02, 2023, 08.03 pm
    Apr 02, 2023, 08.03 pm
    In the UK I wouldn't know where to look.
    they don't exist on ebay

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    Re: Change braking from axial to radial
    Reply #6 on: Apr 02, 2023, 08.15 pm
    Apr 02, 2023, 08.15 pm
    Z900RS
    Last Edit: Apr 02, 2023, 08.16 pm by Cazzy_R

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    Re: Change braking from axial to radial
    Reply #7 on: Apr 02, 2023, 08.29 pm
    Apr 02, 2023, 08.29 pm
    Does the whole set come with that reference, right?
    and what size is the brake caliper of the rs 108mm?
    thank you so much.
    Where buy??


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    Re: Change braking from axial to radial
    Reply #8 on: Apr 02, 2023, 09.35 pm
    Apr 02, 2023, 09.35 pm
    *Originally Posted by Kawarider900 [+]
    Does the whole set come with that reference, right?
    and what size is the brake caliper of the rs 108mm?
    thank you so much.
    Where buy??



     The stanchion (tube) and the bottom lug.
     Caliper is 108mm.
     From:
     https://www.motorcyclespareparts.eu/es

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    Re: Change braking from axial to radial
    Reply #9 on: Apr 03, 2023, 02.19 am
    Apr 03, 2023, 02.19 am
    What website is that first picture from Cazzy? I’ve got a different website for parts and couldn’t find that. Or perhaps I was looking at the wrong model number for the RS.

    Edit: scratch that, turns out it was further down the list of parts. I saw the forks but it was all the parts related to the front mudguard, the fork parts were at the bottom of the page lol.
    Last Edit: Apr 03, 2023, 02.58 am by RobZ900