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  • Ah sory yeah. I glazed over your post and saw springs and oil! My bad.

    I wonder if you can replace your calipers with some off another bike. That’d be your best bet. Ask on Suzuki forum if the brakes from a 1000 of any year fit. Some 4 or 6 pot. Then fit some nice compressionless hoses and you’ll be good.

  • Hakkuna Muttata!

    Sure can. Most of that era tended to be Tokiko or Nissin. I can do either GSXR or Honda F4i/RR calipers. The trick is getting the brackets. I know who makes them, but they ain't cheap.
    Bike already has braided lines, so that's all good. Reckon might just stick to a full rebuild and some high quality pads. Which? Not a clue. opinion is contentious.

    @PhilDAS Check clutch cable, adjustment and It might be worth adjusting the clutch arm and push rod. Just did mine and it made a world of difference.

  • What is it about the brakes you don't like?

    I'll take a photo of my bleed setup, but I use a rubber hose into an old bidon. It then creates a vacuum so the fluid isn't sucked back in, and can leave the nut open and just pump lever.

    Servicing calipers is a piece of piss, you could do it with one hand and eyes close.

    New seals, red rubber grease, clean pistons with something NON abrasive (I use rag and brake fluid), if they're marked then new piston if marking will go under seals, then reverse bleed to start pumping fluid up from caliper using syringe, then can bleed normally.

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