Master Cylinders and front hoses on these cars are now well past their use by date, just replacing the hoses and using a good quality OEM fluid (I use Castrol Response Super) and Genuine GM VR/VS HSV pads (expensive but worth it) will improve brake response and pedal feel immensely.
I already have discs in the rear, is there any difference between the rear brakes? Are the V8/turbo ones vented or something? Mine are solid
Yeah I never have any problems with stopping, I guess I dont push it that hard though.
Oh if the 3L brakes can stop the weight of the V8 I should be fine. Where did you get your cert done, hdtgts?
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All VB-VL Rear discs are the same, only the Turbos and V8's got upgraded fronts. the HSV pads were about $120 trade but that was a while ago now. Would never go aftermarket pads again, theyre either nice and quiet, but dont stop for ****, or stop really well but are noisy as a ****.
Mine are non-vented, I believe V8 and Turbo brakes are the same all round.
Certz, Neil Fraser, 0274956286 - He's based in Beach haven and is real easy to deal with.
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Mine are non-vented, I believe V8 and Turbo brakes are the same all round.
Certz, Neil Fraser, 0274956286 - He's based in Beach haven and is real easy to deal with.
Is the company called Certz?
Haha, so my odometer hasn't worked in a very long time.. and now my speedo seems to be ready to die it's going a little nuts.. maybe it's time to put the other cluster in (but the speedo problem is more likely at the gearbox end)
I looked at motorbikes today.. can't decide what I want, secondhand magna VT250 or a new Intruder VL250 for the same price, helmet/jacket and all that are cheaper from the VL250 place(and I'm pretty sure they're all identical items..), but the Magna is a much nicer bike, but the Intruder has a 2 year warranty.. and that's the situation I'm in! You guy's who ride bikes (road or otherwise) what are your opinions on Honda/Suzuki?
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You know my stand, if it aint orange it's a lemon !! But if you had to decide between them - both are pretty solid brands so to help decide look at there cost of parts and what their back up support is like eg workshop etc...
Mark Stokes certed mine with factory 3L brakes and decent pads
http://www.lvvta.org.nz/ONT-authoris...Certifiers.pdf (http://www.lvvta.org.nz/ONT-authorised%20LVV%20Certifiers.pdf)
With decent pads, fluid and suspension the 3L brakes can work really well
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You know my stand, if it aint orange it's a lemon !! But if you had to decide between them - both are pretty solid brands so to help decide look at there cost of parts and what their back up support is like eg workshop etc...
Lol I didn't know you like orange.. is that what KTM do all their bikes in??
Well the Suzuki has the 2 year warranty (unlimited KMs) and has done 0KMs, so that's good. I sort of prefer the look of the magna (they're bigger) but I just looked for some videos on youtube and I couldn't find a good sounding magna (I suppose there's no such thing as a good sounding honda? ) and there was a few Intruders both with factory and aftermarket pipes.. the factory ones are pretty good, and the aftermarket ones are ****ing loud I don't really like the wire spoke wheels but I think that's what I'm leaning towards.. Maybe I'll organise my basic riding test for next weekend, dunno how well I'll do..
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man i hate suzukis. i had a rm250 motox that i thrashed the **** out of and it was always playing up. ended up seizing it down the beach. hondas are the ****.
wat about a zxr250 or cbr250 they go like stink for 250s and look real good
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Dude it's KTM lol
Lol I thought I might've had it wrong I don't look at trail/offroad bikes at all
Yeah a ZXR250A is what I wanted, but I looked at a few privately and they were ****ed, it's hard to find a good 18 year old learner legal bike at a half decent price . I want to see how I go on one that doesn't have me so cramped up first, I sat on a VTR250 and the pegs were so high up.
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Haha no worrys
on a different topic just saw this on the commodore car club site about the last Brock cruise
" We got the Guinness Book of World records for the largest parade of Holden Vehicles with the official count at 304 cars on the track, many thanks to those who came and participated."
seem alot more than that but I guess we still got the record
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Haha no worrys
on a different topic just saw this on the commodore car club site about the last Brock cruise
" We got the Guinness Book of World records for the largest parade of Holden Vehicles with the official count at 304 cars on the track, many thanks to those who came and participated."
seem alot more than that but I guess we still got the record
Yeah I was wondering why we never heard anything about it. And it felt like ALOT of cars, that was some traffic jam.
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Mine are non-vented, I believe V8 and Turbo brakes are the same all round.
Certz, Neil Fraser, 0274956286 - He's based in Beach haven and is real easy to deal with.
Whilst everyone seems to be on the subject - Neil did mine also. He was quite good to deal with and altho he didn't pass it first time it flew through 2nd time round. Needed shorterned shocks to keep the rear springs captive and stuff like that. Brakes wise he certed my VZ SS twin pot calipers and 296mm discs with no problems.
is it common for vl rev counters to **** out. mine seems to be really slow and in accurate happened ever since i replaced my motor and did my manual conversion. tried putting another rev counter in but still the same problem.
