Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Super-sixes or pish-pots?

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Tokico six-pot calipers were big news in the early 1990s: they graced everything from the last water-cooled GSX-R1100s to the new kids on the block in the 750 class including the ZX-7R and GSXR750WT SRAD. Then towards the end of the decade they appeared on bikes like the ZRX1100 (and later 1200), ZX-6RG model and were even in charge of stopping the mighty fast Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa.

Adding to their appeal was the fact that you could retrofit them to the Slingshot GSX-R models and even the RGV250. No mods were required; simply unbolt the four-pots and

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