82 fork lowers

[Rat]

Need a pair of 82 fork lowers for a brake upgrade on my 80.

Anyone have a pair ?

Gord

 

[dan filipi]

I have a set from an '83 if interested.

 

[Rat]

Are the 83s the same, I thought the linked brakes might be different ?

Gord

 

[dan filipi]

82/83 might be different mounting I'm not sure.

 

[Rat]

I'll try and find out and let you know.

Gord

 

[Rat]

They are different.

Gord :crying:

 

[joedrum]

they are different for sure and wont work for that mod unless you want linked brakes front and rear :mrgreen:

 

[Rat]

Just trying to put 2 piston calipers on the RAT2B (80 GL1100)

Got the calipers and the hangers ....

Thanks, Gord

 

[mcgovern61]

Just trying to put 2 piston calipers on the RAT2B (80 GL1100)

Got the calipers and the hangers ....

Thanks, Gord

Gord, get the '82 rotors too! I had '81 single piston calipers on '82 vented rotors and they really did not work right. The pads rode over the vents and kept wearing out prematurely. I just installed rebuilt '82 dual piston calipers with the vented rotors and it made a world of difference.

 

[dan filipi]

So it sounds like the front brakes really need to be matched rotor and caliper for each year.
80 and 81 may be the same but 82 and 83 are different.

 

[mcgovern61]

Not only that....the solid '81 rotors are thicker than the vented '82 rotors by at least 2MM. I have two sets of '82 vented and one set of '81 solid and the thickness surprised me. (Unfortuneately, both sets are warped! :head bang: )

 

[Rat]

And the 82 rotors have a shim behind them .....

Almost as if Honda wasn't thinking 31 years down the road ....

Gord (still looking) Jones :ahem:

 

[mcgovern61]

And the 82 rotors have a shim behind them .....

Almost as if Honda wasn't thinking 31 years down the road ....

Gord (still looking) Jones :ahem:

Yea...and I was missing one shim to make it worse. Tried to order them, but turns out they are not made anymore. Made a new one with gasket material.