Brembo RCS 19 and Fren Tubo Brake Line Upgrades

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Most of my new parts will go on later this month, but the new GP4-MS calipers are going on now.

so this weekend at Streets of Willow I’ll be running the Brembro RCS Corsa Corta set on Race, with the BREMBRO GP4-MS calipers and the Sicom Rotors and pads.

I also have a set of Magnesium wheels that I’m mounting T-Drive rotors and Z04 pads that I’ll run at the track day after that with the same MC and Calipers, will let you now how it feels either way.
 
^Yea, I will be interested to hear how your setup performs and more importantly how you get it adjusted to your braking preferences.

Been wondering if the RCS17 Corsa Corta with the 19mm has similar feel since apparently it has a 19mm piston as well with the obvious adjustability.

Guess I might need to swap mine out and order the Corsa Corta?

https://www.motomillion.com/collect...-brake-master-cylinder?variant=30209947598914
 
JHTmcrider said:
^Yea, I will be interested to hear how your setup performs and more importantly how you get it adjusted to your braking preferences.

Been wondering if the RCS17 Corsa Corta with the 19mm has similar feel since apparently it has a 19mm piston as well with the obvious adjustability.

Guess I might need to swap mine out and order the Corsa Corta?

https://www.motomillion.com/collect...-brake-master-cylinder?variant=30209947598914
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This will have a 17mm piston.

The numbers on top of the lever (18 21?), are the distance the piston is from the lever pivot (adjustable).

The listing mentions the 19rcs, I think they copied the text from the 19rcs, but didn't change the piston size from the description.
 
Well, based on the volume of complaints and concerns over having a mis-matched system and one with a wooden or lack of feel; I have asked Manny@Motomillion for a RA# and I've ordered the 17RCS Corsa Corta.

Regarding the brake lines, I am still not sure if the Fren Tubo line will match up with the 17RCS but we will see.
 
JHTmcrider said:
Well, based on the volume of complaints and concerns over having a mis-matched system and one with a wooden or lack of feel; I have asked Manny@Motomillion for a RA# and I've ordered the 17RCS Corsa Corta.

Regarding the brake lines, I am still not sure if the Fren Tubo line will match up with the 17RCS but we will see.
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It will match. I had them.
 
elements018 said:
It is wrong, Brembo designed the 19 and the 17 for different brake caliper piston size, it even says so in their product specs. I don't understand all the people coming on here mis-matching Brembo products against their own recommendation.
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Brembo recommends those pieces together to set the feel in the “sweet spot” of not too firm and not too soft. Some people like and prefer a firm lever. Some prefer a softer lever. It is not wrong. It’s just outside of what most users prefer.
 
^ I concur. Glad I listened and took the wise counsel of folks who have been down that path with the brakes. My CNC racing switches are in-route now as well so the cockpit will be getting t where I would like to see.

More importantly, I will have some good options with the brakes for upcoming track days. Might swap the EBC HH's for another pad though. I've used the HH's on a variety of bikes for track days and they have worked quite well.

For tires I'm looking at going to the Pirelli TD's.
 
The folks at Fren Tubo sure don't leave much in the way of excess line in their kits. I got it hooked up, but having a cm here or there would be nice.

Luckily this wasn't my first brake line rodeo either, I could imagine a new guy to this process would have flipped out. Working on Ducati's is an experiment in patience and abject frustration most days.

The light at the end of a project is worth it however.
 
JHTmcrider said:
The folks at Fren Tubo sure don't leave much in the way of excess line in their kits. I got it hooked up, but having a cm here or there would be nice.

Luckily this wasn't my first brake line rodeo either, I could imagine a new guy to this process would have flipped out. Working on Ducati's is an experiment in patience and abject frustration most days.

The light at the end of a project is worth it however.
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you can order Fren Tubo to custom lengths, I ordered mine with an extra 2 inches all round to accommodate where I’m placing stuff on my handlebars, and I have an extended swingarm going on so I got an extra4 inches in the back.
 
Got the new RCS set up on the bar over the past few days:

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The Stahlbus bleeder save quite a bit of time on the air issue:

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I'm liking the set up now, and wound up dialing the screw on the force adjustment to "20" with the free screwdriver that came with the RCS-17 Corsa Corta:

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Nope, it's good and I tried a few different placements on the bar and it sits right where it needs to be. It is close but I tried a few times to get it to touch and it's got about 6mm away before I can't squeeze any harder.
 

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