Different Master Cylinder

I am going to be trying the Ducati 1199R MC. It has a 16x18 piston.

13mm piston for 2 pots. 16mm if you go 4-pot or dual 2-pot caliper. 18mm if you have dual 4-pots.
I posted somewhere in the Braking board about this. Unless this thread evolves into an actual HOWTO I expect it'll get moved by the mods.

I bought a m/c brake/ clutch lever kit off eBay that my ninja 2-fitty buddy bought. His levers and brake feel are awesome. I'll try later to post where I bought them from.

t-rav_12 said:

I bought a m/c brake/ clutch lever kit off eBay that my ninja 2-fitty buddy bought. His levers and brake feel are awesome. I'll try later to post where I bought them from.

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Do you already have SS lines? I felt the brakes felt extremely mushy but I didnt want to spend too much time or money modding (I get too carried away) on a bike I am selling in 3 months.

Bought a SS line from Jesse, and the mushiness has gone away. It still doesnt stop as fast as I would like for it, but the bike also only has 200ish miles, barely enough to say the pads have been bedded in. I think the next step would be new pads, but we will see .

Kojiiro said:

t-rav_12 said:

I bought a m/c brake/ clutch lever kit off eBay that my ninja 2-fitty buddy bought. His levers and brake feel are awesome. I'll try later to post where I bought them from.

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Do you already have SS lines? I felt the brakes felt extremely mushy but I didnt want to spend too much time or money modding (I get too carried away) on a bike I am selling in 3 months.

Bought a SS line from Jesse, and the mushiness has gone away. It still doesnt stop as fast as I would like for it, but the bike also only has 200ish miles, barely enough to say the pads have been bedded in. I think the next step would be new pads, but we will see .

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I don't have SS lines yet, but they ARE on my list. My ninja buddy is a street only rider and has stock rubber lines and the eBay m/c and levers, and his brake lever feel is really nice and firm. I imagine when heated the hoses will show their flaw, so that's why I'm gonna get the SS lines. My brakes will see quite a bit of heat at the track.

t-rav_12 said:

I don't have SS lines yet, but they ARE on my list. My ninja buddy is a street only rider and has stock rubber lines and the eBay m/c and levers, and his brake lever feel is really nice and firm. I imagine when heated the hoses will show their flaw, so that's why I'm gonna get the SS lines. My brakes will see quite a bit of heat at the track.

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Why not try the line first then? You are going to get it anyways. You may not need the extra displacement a different MC gives you, but the SS lines have its benefits weather you upgrade the MC or stay with stock. I am really liking my SS lines now. I may not even need the new pads.I really want to brake test this thing at highway speeds lol. I think I will go for a ride now.

I opted for the m/c swap because I was gonna replace the cheesy levers anyways and the m/c kit with levers was only a few bucks more. Like I said earlier, I REALLY liked the way my bud's lever felt. I put a Honda RC-51 m/c and SS lines on my ninja 2-fitty track bike and it has the best lever feel of any bike I've owned or ridden.

t-rav_12 said:

I opted for the m/c swap because I was gonna replace the cheesy levers anyways and the m/c kit with levers was only a few bucks more. Like I said earlier, I REALLY liked the way my bud's lever felt. I put a Honda RC-51 m/c and SS lines on my ninja 2-fitty track bike and it has the best lever feel of any bike I've owned or ridden.

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How is the eBay master cylinder kit working for you? I'm very reluctant to get an eBay M/C, but I feel as though we have an incredible lack of M/C options. It's pretty much stock or Been no. Anyone have easy success bolting a front master from a different bike on their R3?

Stettnichs said:

How is the eBay master cylinder kit working for you? I'm very reluctant to get an eBay M/C, but I feel as though we have an incredible lack of M/C options. It's pretty much stock or Been no. Anyone have easy success bolting a front master from a different bike on their R3?

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I stuck a Ninja 650 master on mine when I did the R6 caliper mod. It's a bigger master. I think it equates to a 16mm. I would have kept that cause I am cheap but it wouldn't allow for clearance with my vortex clip ons so I went with the brembo 15RCS. I think something from an actual SS would be too big, as Those are pushing fluid for dual 4-pot set ups. Maybe something from a single caliper set up, like a duke 690 if you don't want to spend money on a brembo kit.