Lower fork leg without caliper bracket?

[ephophex]

Apparently I'm soooo happy with everything else I've done to Il Mostro - an '00 M750 - that I'm officially down to the nitpicking stage.

Specifically, the more I look at the spare caliper bracket cover on my right fork leg, the less I like it.  Sure, I know I could add another caliper & rotor, and change my master cylinder to accommodate the new setup.  The problem with this approach is that I'm not at all unhappy with my braking performance (track days are infrequent, and I'm not prone to carrying pillions that outweigh me).  Not to mention, I'm entirely too cheap to cough up for another Braketech rotor

I don't particularly care for the look of the bracket without the cover, either.  Is there a lower fork leg out there somewhere that doesn't have the mount at all?  Failing that, has anyone come up with a less....*plasticky* cover?

[NAKID]

Cut it off and grind it down smooth.

[teddy037.2]

Cut it off and grind it down smooth.

but then all the other cast surfaces will stand out...


and then you'd have to polish those...


and then match the side that HAS the brake...



which would be pretty hot, actually 

[NAKID]

but then all the other cast surfaces will stand out...


and then you'd have to polish those...


and then match the side that HAS the brake...



which would be pretty hot, actually 

Thanks for reinforcing my point!

[teddy037.2]

Thanks for reinforcing my point!

 

it's what I do

[ephophex]

Thanks for reinforcing my point!

Thanks for the suggestion... Y'know, I considered the grinding option.  My problem, though, is that my metallurgy classes were too long ago to remember anything useful; but, recent enough to give me a healthy respect (it physically manifests as a yellow streak) for residual stresses, stress concentrations, heating effects on material properties, and warping.  Considering it's a part that's *kinda* important, I'm just plain squeamish about altering it.

[teddy037.2]

then you could always look for a machinist friend to MAKE you one 

[g-force]

Considering it's a part that's *kinda* important, I'm just plain squeamish about altering it.

I think if you cut it off slowly with a hack saw, and then file it down slowly, it wouldn' generate enough heat to cause any stress fractures. Then you'd just have a cool shiny area on your fork. Or you could have them mediablasted when you're done.

-G

[NAKID]

I think if you cut it off slowly with a hack saw, and then file it down slowly, it wouldn' generate enough heat to cause any stress fractures. Then you'd just have a cool shiny area on your fork. Or you could have them mediablasted when you're done.

-G

Use cutting oil too...

[weemonster]

Thanks for the suggestion... Y'know, I considered the grinding option.  My problem, though, is that my metallurgy classes were too long ago to remember anything useful; but, recent enough to give me a healthy respect (it physically manifests as a yellow streak) for residual stresses, stress concentrations, heating effects on material properties, and warping.  Considering it's a part that's *kinda* important, I'm just plain squeamish about altering it.

how about a fork leg from an M600 they dont have the bracket some 750;s too

[teddy037.2]

how about a fork leg from an M600 they dont have the bracket some 750;s too

ok, who let the sensible people chime in?









 

[Rameses]

how about a fork leg from an M600 they dont have the bracket some 750;s too

I've yet to find a pic of a 600 without the tab sticking off the back side of the right fork lower.

Do you have a pic of one?

[weemonster]

thats a dark. thats why it has the bracket Dark wasn't just a colour scheme back then. they had different spec and were cheaper.

heres a pic of an M600

[ephophex]

thats a dark. thats why it has the bracket Dark wasn't just a colour scheme back then. they had different spec and were cheaper.

heres a pic of an M600

Aha!  So such a thing *does* exist!  Thanks, weemonster - this is roughly on par with finding a pic of Bigfoot.  So, IF the specs are the same, I need to either a) keep a sharp eye out on ebay for a partially mangled 600 fork or b) have a word with the dealer to see if it's obtainable at less than Pentagon prices.

It's gotta be pretty cheap, though, or I'm out.

[Howie]

Be aware that there are three variables:
     There was a change from 41 mm to 43 mm forks.
     Early forks had different caliper and fender mount spacing.
     Some of the non adjustable forks were Marzocchi, some were Showa.
There may be other differences I am not aware of.