Modern Vespa

Any Brembo brake owners want to tell us if the investment has been worth it? Please tell us how long you have had the brakes on your scooter and what kind of performance increase they are providing you with. I am very interested in getting more brake power out of my GTS250 and am thinking the Brembo's may be the answer.

Brimbo are a nice upgrade, Can I ask why the Vespa brakes are not to your satifaction. I find that the Vespa GTS has very good brakes and I have never had a front wheel or rear lock up. No lock up is very good.

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Does anyone know where to get the brembo kit for an et4? I've seen them on some bikes, but haven't found them for sale on line...

thx

Paul, "thanks" so very much for that oh-so-useful post.

175mws, sure you can ask why Br-E-mbo brakes are desired over my factory ones. I just like a much more positive feel to my brakes and feel that the factory ones feel a bit mushy. Now, I do ride MTB bikes and race Triathlons and Road bikes, so I am a bit used to grabby brakes. I also have numerous off-road 2 wheelers that have very firm brakes. It is just style and what you are used to I guess. Each to their own.

I was just asking, I like to upgrade too. I wish I could do it to my Harley.

Ok, I'm back to normal now. Here's the scoop on Brembo brakes. It's all about progressive operation, control and feel.

Although I have stock brakes on my Vespa, I've had Brembos on 2 different BMW motorcycles and on my wife's car. On every application the Brembos offered great feel, feedback and control.

They are not a necessity, but if you have the money and inclination, you will get a world-class product.

P.

Most of my Piaggio bikes have had Brembo calipers and braided hoses as standard...

From the factory ?

Yes.

I'm interested in the Brembo kit because I've boiled the brake fluid on my GTS 250 before. Yes, I was riding it hard... the term 'flogging' comes to mind. It's a really bad feeling to be going downhill into a turn, then when you grab the brake lever, it goes all the way to the handgrip!

The Brembo kit has a much larger caliper with bigger pads and it also uses more surface area of the disk, so it should provide a lot more stopping power while generating less heat. I gotta save my pennies, but hopefully I'll pick one up sometime this fall.

Got one...

5 K miles or so.

NO DOWNSIDE found.

Saved me from collision on at least one occasion.

IMHO, a must have for spirited riding.

R

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Ah, but not the 'proper' ones, the sweetie cupcake little OEM stuff ?

Check it out on this site,



http://www.jettin.com/JettinBrembo.htm

Hmm, isn't that an indication that you haven't changed your brake fluid ? Brake fluid that's absorbed water from the air can lose something like a third of the boiling point.(Sorry for the wording on that. )

You probably are aware of that, but I'd sure change my brake fluid if I experienced what you describe. You probably did after having that happen.

Aw, crap. I feel like I'm stating the obvious to you, no offense meant. If you ride that hard maybe you need the Brembos.

cheers

If it looks like a duck, and walks like a duck:

Yep, now that's a duck !

Hehe... actually the brake fluid was changed shortly before that happened, so I'm quite sure it wasn't because the brake fluid had become hydrated. I haven't changed it since then, and the brakes are still crisper on my 250 than they are on my new 300. This happened coming down the back side of Mt. Hamilton on the first day of the Cannonball, so yes, I was riding it *that* hard. I definitely cooked the brakes, and once they cooled down they were fine again. For most people, the stock brakes are sufficient... but I seem to be good at pushing the envelope, so it would be a good thing for me to upgrade to a Brembo.

I want Brembo brakes for my scoot because after 34,000miles, the front brake is starting to feel a little soft...



and also because i want to bling up the scoot!!!

Same happened to me, eh? Back brake though. I wasn't scrubbing speed but controlling some entrances a bit more...

stupid mt hamilton. brings it out of me.

Hi,

I plan to buy the brembo kit for my GTS for the front, and move the stock front brake to the rear.

Has anyone done this? Would love to hear from you.

Cheers,

The stock rear caliper is better than the stock front, I'd be switching the other direction if the mounts were right.