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PostPosted: Thu Jan 25, 2018 4:39 am 
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Location: Hope, B.C Canada
I noticed over the years that once in a while a member will be looking for a brake caliper in the for sale section. I was looking in a manual for a 1992 Suzuki Quadracer LT250R for shock info and stumbled across the rear caliper. It looks suspiciously like the FL350 one. Obviously it does not have the outer "C" clamp that holds it onto the transmission but that thing looks almost the same to me. I bet a guy could make something up if he had to. I think speedchaser was making the outer "C" clamp at one time, and he had them for sale. Apparently these calipers are still available for about $250 according to Suzuki parts house. If you are hard up it would be worth it to go to a Suzuki dealer and see if the got one to look at.
Here have a look: https://www.suzukipartshouse.com/oempar ... -model-f-g


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PostPosted: Thu Jan 25, 2018 9:28 am 
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There's quite a few of those LT500R rear cal's on fleaBay for under $40.

I've owned many a rear caliper from the LT250R/500R. With my LT500R the braking bias is like 70% front and 30% rear. Those front disc brakes are the ticket. It would be worse with the Oddy give the weight.

The TRX450R rear caliper is similar too. Actually any of the single-disc rear calipers would potentially work as long as the p-brake is on the same side. It all comes down to the brake stay / mount. If you don't need the p-brake (use a line-lock), maybe there's a 2-piston front caliper that could work. All comes down to the bracket.

Same with the front discs. If you get the 86-87 TRX250R front hubs with discs, you can find a small enough caliper to cram in there (e.g. Polaris Predator calipers fit for me). Then it comes down to the bracket. I started making some of those brackets but that's been on the backburner for what seems forever b/c I needed to rebuild the master, then wanted to replace the master with the twin masters, etc. Still on my to-list now that I've got a cnc plasma, but been too busy with artsy stuff and fab/farm projects (and kids, and work, and...I need drink lol). :-)


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