KLE 500 rear brake compatibility
 

Hi Guys,

I am in the rolling stage of my KLE project where I am rebuilding the entire bike from scratch.

I found the rear caliper floaty bits were siezed so had to resort to a hammer to try and sort them. 3 hours later I successfully broke the rear caliper!!!

So 2 questions really:

1) Does anyone have a spare rear caliper I can buy!!!!!

2) It appears to me that the KLE500 rear caliper is very similar to an early GPZ500 front left caliper with a front right bracket. Can anyone confirm this to me as getting these are far cheaper than the "KLE500" part??

Andrew

oh god don't replace that heap of junk caliper with another heap of junk. Just get a "modern" caliper fitted up!! Its not that hard, worst case a "simple" bracket has to be made.

I thought I saw one on UK ebay recently - you have to search under ebay UK website (dont just click worldwide) as the US and AUS ones dont show it even with "worldwide" ticked as a search option. A guy on there regularly parts out kle bits.

I replaced it with another caliper bought on ebay, I cannot be bothered experimenting with this bike anymore.

I had a total nightmare restoring it and getting an ER-5 engine working in it - my advise to anyone going to do this swap, dont bother, I now unintentionally have GP style shifting!!

I just have to figure out why the Indicators dont work then I can finally get it MOTed!

Andrew

Hi
On the gear lever there is a rod about 6mm dia which attaches to an arm on the gearbox could you flip this upside down to correct the shift pattern unless you prefer gp style

ShaunJ

I have been scratching my head with regards that, unfortunately there is no easy solution as many things are conspiring against it! Namely the frame is in the way. I might just get it passed its test then revisit it.

I might try MotoGP style, but I just hope I down downshift in a corner!

Andrew