More bling.
A comment here and a chance encounter there and I had managed to replace my rear caliper after just two race meets. Here's how & why... It is probably pretty telling that the best picture I have of my red Brembo(ish) caliper is captured with the bike on its side. The Yamaha Aerox caliper was very cheap at £27 new with pads and worked just fine as a low cost Brembo rear caliper alternative. It had three flaws however: It was red. I kind of liked the way it worked with the accent red stripe but was getting mixed reviews from others. Risk of damage to the bleed nipple in a fall. The pads had all but fallen apart. Clearly colour and pads are easily fixed with paint and a quick order to EBC which was on the way anyway. A chat with Andy Green (we have lots of these) had come to the conclusion that a bleed nipple banjo bolt and a blank would reduce the risk of damage easily. It was whilst looking into other sources of this very cheap caliper for another racer that I spo...