'81 Midnight special front brake caliper needed

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  • B11
    XSive
    • Apr 2004
    • 30
    • Vancouver Island Canada
    #1

    '81 Midnight special front brake caliper needed

    DESPERATELY need RIGHT front brake caliper for my '81 Midnight Special. Bought one from a guy on e bay and he sent me a REAR caliper !!!
    Currently riding with one front brake !!!
    E mail is briantnickless@hotmail.com .
    All help MUCH appreciated ! Brian
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    • CatatonicBug
      Master of XSology
      • Oct 2008
      • 6117
      • Clinton, UT
      #2
      What you need is the front caliper from an XJ1100. They used the same calipers on the LH as they did on the XJ. Those seem to be a lot easier to find. It's not real pretty, but here's one on ebay right now.
      Last edited by CatatonicBug; 06-08-2010, 01:48 PM.
      1980 XS850SG - Sold
      1981 XS1100LH Midnight Special (Sold) - purchased 9/29/08
      Fully Vetterized and Dynojet Kit added, Heated Grips, Truck-Lite LED headlight, Accel Coils, Irridium plugs, TKAT Fork Brace, XS850LH Final Drive & Black SS Brake lines from Chacal.
      Here's my web page devoted to my bike! XS/XJ User's Manuals there, and the XJ1100 Service Manual and both XS1100 Service manuals (free download!).

      Whether you think you can, or you think you cannot - You're right.
      -H. Ford

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        • CatatonicBug
          Master of XSology
          • Oct 2008
          • 6117
          • Clinton, UT
          #3
          BTW, what happened to your old one? You can replace the seals a lot cheaper than the whole caliper.
          1980 XS850SG - Sold
          1981 XS1100LH Midnight Special (Sold) - purchased 9/29/08
          Fully Vetterized and Dynojet Kit added, Heated Grips, Truck-Lite LED headlight, Accel Coils, Irridium plugs, TKAT Fork Brace, XS850LH Final Drive & Black SS Brake lines from Chacal.
          Here's my web page devoted to my bike! XS/XJ User's Manuals there, and the XJ1100 Service Manual and both XS1100 Service manuals (free download!).

          Whether you think you can, or you think you cannot - You're right.
          -H. Ford

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            • B11
              XSive
              • Apr 2004
              • 30
              • Vancouver Island Canada
              #4
              Right Front Caliper

              Moved and somehow lost the box of 'little parts' for my brake rebuild . Only piece missing is the support for the RF caliper.

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                • CatatonicBug
                  Master of XSology
                  • Oct 2008
                  • 6117
                  • Clinton, UT
                  #5
                  Support?? There is no support. It just bolts directly to the forks with 2 bolts, straight through the caliper.

                  Are you sure you have an '81? the '80 MNS is different from the '81 MNS. Match your serial number to this list to verify.
                  1980 XS850SG - Sold
                  1981 XS1100LH Midnight Special (Sold) - purchased 9/29/08
                  Fully Vetterized and Dynojet Kit added, Heated Grips, Truck-Lite LED headlight, Accel Coils, Irridium plugs, TKAT Fork Brace, XS850LH Final Drive & Black SS Brake lines from Chacal.
                  Here's my web page devoted to my bike! XS/XJ User's Manuals there, and the XJ1100 Service Manual and both XS1100 Service manuals (free download!).

                  Whether you think you can, or you think you cannot - You're right.
                  -H. Ford

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                    • B11
                      XSive
                      • Apr 2004
                      • 30
                      • Vancouver Island Canada
                      #6
                      2-piece caliper

                      I have the 'core' of the caliper ( piston and cylinder ) I don't have the part that bolts to the forks . Brian

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                        • B11
                          XSive
                          • Apr 2004
                          • 30
                          • Vancouver Island Canada
                          #7
                          Parts fiche

                          I don't have part # 11-23 and all of the small bits attached to it.
                          http://www.yamahapartshouse.net/pages/parts/viewbybrand/2/Yamaha.aspx


                          Brian

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                            • B11
                              XSive
                              • Apr 2004
                              • 30
                              • Vancouver Island Canada
                              #8
                              XS 1100 rt front caliper

                              Bump :-) REALLY need a right front caliper !

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                                • DGXSER
                                  Doctor of XSology(Deceased)
                                  • Nov 2008
                                  • 12001
                                  • Cincinnati, Ohio
                                  #9
                                  Are they any different from the MNS to the Special? I think the calipers are the same just different hookup for the "linked" system.

                                  I have the pair of brake calipers from the bike I am parting out. I'd rather sell them as a set though. Will include everything right down to the banjo bolts and pads.
                                  Life is what happens while your planning everything else!

                                  When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.

                                  81 XS1100 Special - Humpty Dumpty
                                  80 XS1100 Special - Project Resurrection


                                  Previously owned
                                  93 GSX600F
                                  80 XS1100 Special - Ruby
                                  81 XS1100 Special
                                  81 CB750 C
                                  80 CB750 C
                                  78 XS750

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                                    • B11
                                      XSive
                                      • Apr 2004
                                      • 30
                                      • Vancouver Island Canada
                                      #10
                                      pair of calipers

                                      I would buy a pair, but I think they are different. Mounting holes on the fork are 43mm or 1 5/8 " apart. Could you measure yours ? Brian

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                                        • B11
                                          XSive
                                          • Apr 2004
                                          • 30
                                          • Vancouver Island Canada
                                          #11
                                          81 MNS right front caliper needed

                                          Still looking for a RF caliper for '81 MNS 1100 or XJ1100 '82-'84. Help urgently needed ! Brian

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                                            • dpotter58
                                              XS-XJ Guru
                                              • Aug 2004
                                              • 1833
                                              • Southern Maryland
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by B11
                                              Still looking for a RF caliper for '81 MNS 1100 or XJ1100 '82-'84. Help urgently needed ! Brian
                                              i'll send you the picture this afternoon..
                                              "If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut." - Albert Einstein

                                              "Illegitimi non carborundum"-Joseph W. "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell



                                              1980 LG
                                              1981 LH

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