With everyone staying home and the snow, things are pretty quiet around here.
The downtown area has an end-of-century vibe to it… Maybe I shouldn’t have come out in the snow after all?
Will I be able to get home? Will I make it to the inspection tomorrow? This is one fidgety tune job.
We’ll clean the calipers. When you switch a Nissin caliper to aluminum pistons, the operation becomes very smooth. With direct mounting, you don’t even need Brembo—very good.
This pad spring that was installed is excellent.
Of course it holds the pads in the vertical direction,
but when you look closely, it’s shaped like an inverted V on both sides, gently pushing the pads toward the caliper piston as well—this should reduce squeaking and rattling sounds.
Nice.
You basically want pad springs on a street bike.
Rattling noise is annoying—the caliper and pins get beaten up—so things wear out a bit faster.
Plus, since this isn’t a pad spring plate,
• dust doesn’t accumulate
• pad wear is easier to check
Makes sense.
I cleaned the rear caliper too. It also has aluminum pistons, so operation is smooth.
I replaced the brake fluid. *The rear was already replaced yesterday when I did the master OH.
I also replaced the spark plug as requested.
It’s wet with gasoline because I pulled the choke and started it the other day, then shut it off partway through.
There was a question about occasional oil leaks. It is wet, but currently it’s unclear.
Basically, oil doesn’t come out of the secondary air system, so rest assured.
I cleaned up the surrounding area as much as I could.
There’s a hole below the exhaust port that connects to the spark plug hole.
I thought that might be it at first, but it wasn’t…
I’ll replace all the bolts with steel ones. Then I’ll apply thread compound properly and assemble.
I went with RK MEGA-MAX brake pads for their excellent balance of price and performance.
The request was to secure the STACK oil pressure gauge properly—without making it too complicated.
We’re moving forward with the A+B+C plan.
Shrinking it slightly will prevent scratches.
I set it up so it can move left-right and front-back.
All that’s left is a test ride and we’re done!
