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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mcgovern61" data-source="post: 20732" data-attributes="member: 59">As many of you may know, my original '82 standard was donated to me back in September '07!  There is no such thing as free.......the engine was siezed (broken piston plus water logged) and in a nutshell the bike was left outside year round for the better part of 12 years.  Here are some pics to get the idea:[ATTACH=full]1388[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1389[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1391[/ATTACH]Well, we spent quite  bit of time and a fair amount of money and elbow grease (plus a parts bike) to get the old girl back on the road with much success.  Put over 13,000 miles on it since!  However, one of the items that has been an issue is the brakes.  They work good, but they are the single caliper ones from the '81 parts bike and they do not work correctly on the front vented '82 rotors.  The pads ride higher past the vents and scrape on the top of the rotors.  The pads do wear down and fit, but they also wear out twice as fast because of this.  The '82 calipers have been sitting in a box seized after all of these years.  Time to start working on them.</blockquote>