My brother stunts a Kawisaki 636. The dual caliper mounting bracket he uses originally accepted a six piston caliper. His master cylinder was not strong enough to grab the rotor as hard as he needed. His thought was simple just put a smaller caliper. So thats what we did! He went with a four piston caliper off the same type of bike, I believe it was a R1.
Oil Tank | Resurrection
- I started by cutting out the damaged panels.
- I then used the top of the oil tank as my template to cut out fresh steel. I also cut out the threads to be reused.
- Here is a look at the bottom panel that need repair also.
- I ended up chasing the damage from the bottom panel up the side of the tank. Luckily it when to the inside of the tank. I cut the mounting bracket out of the way, and the later replaced.
- The new metal for the bottom panel.
- All buttoned up and pressure tested!! I later added the mounting bracket back.
I had to do a little rehab on the horseshoe oil tank. It had some old brazing repairs that I didn’t like. The oil tank is ready to go now!
King Sportster Tank | Chop & Mount
- Since I’m going to be making the tunnel deeper, I started by cutting out the bottom of the tank.
- Fresh steel!!
- I had a donor Harley tank lying around, I decided to use it’s deeper tunnel.
- I mated the used tunnel and the fresh steel to make the bottom of the tank.
- I reused the petcock mount from the original bottom.
- Time to weld in the new tunnel.
- Looking good!
- I reinforced the mounting points to battle the engine vibrations.
- Rear reinforcemented
- Making the front tank mount. Just a piece of half inch stock drilled and taped.
- I ran the mount through the frame and burned it in.
- Preasure checking. Not as manny holes as I though there would be. I chased down all the pin holes for a good seal.
I found this bitchin little tank on Craigslist. It sits a little to high. So I decided to chop it! I kept the chrome in mind while making my adjustments, I don’t know if I will use it later for the finish. I also reinforced the mounting points to battle that Harley Davidson shake.