RIS Designs brake caliper

[Velvet-Casket]

I have browsed their site alot and never seen this b4. It seems pretty innovative. I bought their footpegs for my atc and they are nice and seem durable. I wonder how this works and holds up??????
This is the ebay auction link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280676329303&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

[HAYESTRX250R]

Probably ideal for dunes or drags, not mx or woods. I have bought a few parts of theirs off ebay lately and they are A+ and going cheap.

[deathman53]

I beleive their foot pegs are only good for dunes and drags, don't look strong enough for mx and xc. I used 86 and 87 trx peg plates on my atc250r's, along w/ roll design pegs. 86 peg plates(discontinued are far stronger than 85 peg plates), I still managed to bend them. That caliper does look nice, I could be wrong, but it looks like it uses 250x, 300ex, 200x, 400ex, 350x, banshee/warrior rear and some front brake pads. You can put a 400ex and such caliper on a 250r w/ correct caliper stay. I personally would use a yz front caliper on a trx250r, when I run out of stock 250r calipers, it nearly bolts on, all you need to do is egg one bolt hole and its also far cheaper, under $50 on ebay.

[jcs003]

looks trick. the trx250r caliper is very strong. i went cheap once and got a yz400 caliper and mounted it. it eventually broke.

[SilverLake250R]

I'd like to know if anybody has run one of these as well. Looks SWEET!

[C-LEIGH RACING]

Well tell me this since we are on rear brake caliper subject.
How in the heck can I stop the fluid from boiling & loosing rear brakes.

I've done just about everything I can think of other than hack sawing the pedal off so she cant use them.
Use fresh DOT 4 fluid, even took some exhaust pipe wrap & cut piece to go between the pad & caliper so the heat couldnt travel as easy, still boil the fluid & no rear brakes.

Few years ago I was blaming it on running with them 4 pokers, backing off the gas & rolling into the corners & everybody know you got to go in a corner HARD & then pitch a 250R so she was on the brakes trying to keep from running over them.

I'm at wits end with this & need some help.

If I knew that caliper set up would cure this problem, I would be ordering one tomorrow.
Thanks, Neil

[cdrookie]

back in the day didn't some people make a brake block off plate and have fins welded on it to help draw out heat from the caliper. it wasn't pretty but served it's purpose i guess:confused:

[deathman53]

there is a product, it marketed for ktm dirtbikes. http://www.brapoffroad.com/brakes/rear-brake-caliper-radiator-kit/. Its 10m 1.0 pitch bolt, honda is a 10mm1.25. Ktm's have the same problem for boiling brake fluid, maybe he can get you a bolt that will fit a honda, I think I seen coolers for honda cr/crf calipers also around. Its a pretty common thing for mx and enduro guys who are hard on the brakes. Changing pad compound will help w/ heat issues also.

[C41Xracer]

what about dual calipers????? yeah it would be a pain to machine a brake stay but she wouldnt need to be so hard on the brakes then. Just a thought

[Jonny B]

Deathman53 is right about the ktms, my ktm enduro boils the fluid. It gets scary when the pedal bottoms out and you are not slowing down! I had to make sure the rear caliper pistons werent sticking and bought the best dot 5 I could. The tight single track trails is constant accel/braking every ten feet so I cant blame them for being pissed...

I geuss clean the caliper slide pins, make sure the pistons dont hang up, and get the best dot 5 there is. Oh yeah, and use more front brakes! LOL

[leager-n-ky]

@ JonnyB, Show neil a pic of that caliper you got from MasterLT, ?? innovations, i cant remember exact name. back in the day, the pro's use to run these on their TT bikes, hard to find, and pricey, but are suppose to keep em cooler.

[rayman375]

Don't know if you guys can see this thread or not, but a guy had one of these RIS calipers fail. http://bansheehq.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=143715&st=15