Pretech 6 pots

R34ME

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Les asked me to do a bit of a write up once I had bolted up the Pretech 6 pot calipers, first i must say I have never suffered from the well known sinking spongy brake lever syndrome many here have reported, and I had always thought the Rocket brakes were reassonable. Any others that have fitted these up feel free to add comments.

Fronts compared: The bonus they weighed up almost 1/2 kg lighter against the stock pair



Well after a good month of riding a few NZ roads it looks like we have brakes more than suitable for pushing the envelope on this heavyweight fighter and the most pleasing part is ammount of lever pressure needed on the brake to haul up this behemoth, it now seems almost effortless against the stock set up. Lever travel has reduced and the lever has an instant solid feel to it unlike the stockers.



Rear brake I asked Les for the under slung brake carrier bracket, this mounted up fine although I did need to machine 2mm from the rear wheel spacer as the rear caliper to disc running clearance was marginal on the inner left side, once spacing was adjusted the caliper bracket was powder coated ready to fit. Rear performance and feel is fantastic, I us the rear a fair bit "my riding style" drag it sometimes to burn a little speed off, the Pretech's lend itself perfectly for this, just dont bloody stand on them or you will regret it.



I had a brake line made up for the rear 730mm long, this has been routed along the lower swing arm by simply reusing the old cable mounts and taping a thread in a hole already available in the underneath of the swing arm, make sure alignment and orientation of banjo fittings are correct before swaging the ends as braided hoses are not able to be twisted once made.



The fronts were easy use supplied washers for spacing to ensure calipers are mounted with equal rotor clearance, I decided to make up 2 individual brake lines using a longer master cylinder bolt. Front right brake line 950mm long. Front left brake line 1100mm long including fittings




All done, big thanks to Les for organising these.
 
R34---"SWEET" !! -- the old stock calp's looks like an old fat 60 yr. old gal w/ bad skin compared ta tha light,thin,skinny, 18 yr. old new ones!! --if i had tha $$ ,would buy'em just fer tha looks!! can imagine tha performance is super too!! what's next?? ---ya 'bout ta run outta thangs ta do on her ain't ya?? ---- lookin good!!--john
 
Thanks John , looks and a purpose gotta be good. :wink:
 
R34--now ya'll have ta be tha 1st r3 ta get rid of "drapin" brake lines on front w/ stainless hardlines from bottom tree to calipers (ie.-matt hoche)
 
OK who's got them and where can I get my hands on a set???

I don't see it for the R3 on the Pretech website?
 
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OK who's got them and where can I get my hands on a set???

I don't see it for the R3 on the Pretech website?

(Trirocket3) PM Les, he had some availlable sets, and may be getting some more made up, cheers. :wink:
 
aquilla---i missed those pics of hardline mod.from "some members". could you direct me to them or send to my email -- jlm205@comcast.net ---or post them here or somewhere else on forum. thanks--john