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Z1 Front Brake's - Show & Tell

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26 Oct 2023 09:31 #890983 by z1kzonly
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Hi All, Recently I've been selling a small amount of real nice parts on eBay & FB Market.
I had a 75 Z1B front caliper with master cylinder, That sat since the mid 1980's?? I listed for $250 on ebay, and $200 off with private PP sale.
Some people laughed on FB, whatever? I wonder how many of you and others have bought brake item's, calipers & master cylinders to find out it's trash, pitted, no good.
So I de-listed these items!
Glad I did! Now I am going to restore them both with quality parts.
This caliper was so nice and clean! The piston popped right out effortlessly!
Piston is like new, the 2 bolts are clean to go, the 4 seals are original with Tokico on them, the master bore has no pits!
Cleanest old items that I have ever taken apart over the years! And I took a lot of the apart too!
Now I am just deciding on how to finish them? I might try black anodizing? The caliper too?
Has anyone ever anodized a caliper housing?
Or just good old Satin high temp Engine Paint, baked and cured?
Check out these pictures! As just taken apart!

Marty in Buffalo
 

Livin in "CheektaVegas, NY
Went thru 25 of these in 40 yrs.
I SOLD OUT! THE KAW BARN IS EMPTY.
More room for The Old Girl, Harley 75 FLH Electra Glide,
Old faithful! Points ign. Bendix Orig. carb.
Starts everytime!

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26 Oct 2023 12:06 #890987 by willemZ900
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I use black Satin high temp Engine Paint.

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26 Oct 2023 19:27 #890991 by hardrockminer
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Same here, but I know one or two people that have successfully re-anodized the master cylinder.  

That caliper is very nice!  I have a rebuilt spare sitting on my shelf.

I have several restored bikes along with a 2006 Goldwing with a sidecar. My wife has a 2019 Suzuki DR 650 for on and off road.

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27 Oct 2023 00:22 #890997 by Wookie58
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27 Oct 2023 09:00 #891017 by z1kzonly
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HI Wookie! You Know? I am going to try it! 4 oz. bottle ready to spray, $45 on eBay.
Just need a small  .8 - 1.0 needle for my clear spray gun.
Should have done this years ago! Made a Business out of it! That's all that race Car Jet-Hot Coating stuff is are!
I am going to talk to my Son, New Business for motorcycle and small car parts!
He has become quite the painter!
The place he paints for did a car for the Street Outlaws show. Guy out on Connecicut?
Only place's around me are Gun-Smith shops that actually do it!
OK, hopefully these 4 oz's will do it?
Now? oven cure? air cure? cobra black? artic black? jet black? WTF? black? 
Calling them to see what a basic satin black would be called.
Thanks Wookie for getting me thinking again!
And I said I was done with this stuff!
Here are my parts in queue!
The Z1 parts & a 77-80 rear set
Thanks for the tip and idea!

Marty in Buffalo

Livin in "CheektaVegas, NY
Went thru 25 of these in 40 yrs.
I SOLD OUT! THE KAW BARN IS EMPTY.
More room for The Old Girl, Harley 75 FLH Electra Glide,
Old faithful! Points ign. Bendix Orig. carb.
Starts everytime!

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27 Oct 2023 09:37 #891018 by Stereordinary
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Cerakote “C” series is an air cure that requires no baking of the parts. Cure time is kind of long, you can handle it within a few hours, but full cure is about a week. I’ve had great results from it so far. 

A breeze from the west.
‘90 ZR550 Zephyr
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