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Post by pompone »

I have three questions without response. I need your opinion:
- Wich do you think is the best brake pad?
- What do you think about Bitubo rear shock?
- Is possible to fit a pair of BMW R850R or K100RS 16v Brembo 4 pistons calipers in Marzocchi fork?
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Post by Skins »

Vesrah pads work well enough for me, pompone. Can't help with your other two questions, sorry.
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Thank you Skins for your information.
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Post by mike »

i have a friend that has the dual-pot brembos on his bike.
it's done with a caliper adapter like this one (this is nicolas bike)

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Post by paso750 »

I use a simple Bitubo shock. Can`t say anything bad about it. It was the cheapest replacement i found a couple of years ago. For me it is a little bit to hard, but the spring tension is easily adjustible.
The only "problem" with this shock is that the rebound adjustment lever is on the bottom. The lever is a little bit too long and touches the shock leverage. As this is just a screw with a plastic cap on it`s head it`s easy to remove and shorten it. Just be careful to make a mark wat which position the adjuster exactly was when you remove the screw so you get to the exact same position when you reassemble it.
After about 4 years the paint of the shock is a bit bubbly and coming off on top. Maybe this is because of low paint quality in combination with the heat from the rear header, I don`t know.

Anyway I think it`s o.k. and as the price is only a part of what the original new part costs it`s even better :)
Onve in a while you`ll find an original shock on ebay.
Check ebay.de there was one a couple of days ago.

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Post by pompone »

Thank you Gerhard. I'm thinking to buy a new Bitubo shock now.
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Post by ducapaso »

did anybody calling me?
I fit on my dukess 17" rims and 320 disks, so I had just to fit the calipers in the right point... But if you still have the original brake disks i think you'll not find a pad that can fit well on your brake disk.
Otherwise you can search for 280mm floating brake disk for 16" rim and work on these
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Post by ducapaso »

the manifacturer for floating disc is DISCACCIATI, and the spare part is aviable in italy for 213euros + taxes
or you can search a good mechanical customer able to build the internal part of the disc right for the 16" rim
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