Hydro brakes my way

[ZoMbIeCuStOmS]

well as we all know the factory cable brakes on the blaster suck some major butt. The solution is obviously to go to hydros but the cost is simply highway robbery. So I did a little research on a full closed system that came with the resivoir, master cylinder and caliper. So I looked at rear motorcycle brakes. I found that you could get the whole system off of the rear of a early 90's fzr600 for dirt cheap it think I payed 25 bucks on ebay for the whole system and it came with pads.
So I went ahead and ordered it and bought some plate steel from my local Menards and got to work.
First I took off all of my existing rear brake hardware and lined up the caliper to make a template out or cardboard for the bracket. P.s sorry they are not realy step by step pics but its already together and its alot of work lol

 

[ZoMbIeCuStOmS]

more pics of the bracket and caliper

 

[ZoMbIeCuStOmS]

next I had to come up with a way to mount the master cylinder so that the brake pedal would push in and not pull the cable like it does in the stock position

 

[acezeesawtooth]

thats awesome... how did you rig up the master cylinder reservoir and the pedal? pics?

edit... maybe i should of refreshed the page lol

 

[ZoMbIeCuStOmS]

and then finally I cut the back of the peg and shaved the pedal then I welded a small peice of steel pointing diagonally down and back so that when you step on the pedal it will push in on the master cylinder and close the caliper sorry the pic is kinda hard to see

 

[ZoMbIeCuStOmS]

then after some bleeding the brake was ready to go but then you live and you learn and the original resivoir was in a bad spot the one it came with had a short tube and was just above the cylinder well I kicked it off with the help of the kicker and my size 14 shoe lol so I bought a resivoir off of a warrior and put it under the seat much better

 

[acezeesawtooth]

you can def have some green for this... putting ideas in my skulll mwuahahaha

 

[ZoMbIeCuStOmS]

all told I would say that I am into it for about 40 bucks and just a little over 3 hours tools needed would be a drill a grinder with cutting and grinding wheels and a welder use your imagination maybe your design will be better but for a quarter of the money and a little time it does the same job thanks for listening

 

[sicivicdude]

The only issue I see is the thinness of the pedal modification. On a really hard panic stop I can see that steel folding.

Most of the time, you can cut the tab off of the "pull" side and reweld it back on to "push" side.

This is a tried and true method... awk's GSX-R brackets are using the same principle only a slightly newer product and more refined mount design. Lots of ingenuity... here's some green!

 

[ZoMbIeCuStOmS]

its actually a piece thats about a half inch wide and 1/16 in thick its plenty strong trust me
hard to see in the pic i realize but my shop camera sux

 

[sicivicdude]

yeah... no bike pedal is 1/16" thick and survives.

It's alright though, when it gets bent you'll know to find some thicker steel and continue tinkering. Just don't be surprised if it bends.

 

[ZoMbIeCuStOmS]

lol but the pressure is on it sideways ill see if I can get a better pic for you

 

[brandoz28]

i would do 1/8th for that pedal mod, there's a reason the rest of the pedal is that thick.

 

[Larry's Shee]

So you use rotor as is ?

 

[ZoMbIeCuStOmS]

yep stock rotor stock position