'77 front caliper piston source

[Patrick M]

Hey lads and laddies.

Anyone have a source for replacement front brake caliper pistons for the '77? I can find all other early years and the rear for the '77, but nothing for the front. Tried Pistol Pete, CyclePsycho, Crescent, Bike Bandit, Service Honda, eBay, and several places I had never heard of. No luck.

[Whiskerfish]

I am bound to misspell it but someone will get it right. tausanier or something like that is a long time member here and he makes and sells very high quality replacements.

[Sagebrush]

Here is a link to an excellent source of stainless steel pistons front and rear taken directly from our very own Crossover Parts List forum.

http://www.proebstl.net/pistons.html

Make sure you mention to Ray that you are a member of this forum and he will grant you a hefty discount from the prices on the web site.

[Patrick M]

Thanks, guys. I will give it a go!

[Patrick M]

Okay, sent an order request to the email address linked on the site. Given the holiday and all I expect it could be a few days before I hear from him. Thank you again!

[cyclepsycho]

That's great information. Since it appears that the pistons for several of the 70's-80's Yamaha models interchange. I have lots of old Yamaha calipers, so I'm going to pop some pistons from them and see if they really are a match. I've got a bunch of 75-77 GL1000 calipers I'd like to rebuild but am short on good pistons.

Thanks!

[Patrick M]

The source from Sagebrush has a decent variety. I noticed the '78 Yamaha XS750E (one of which I owned and rode for twenty years) uses the same piston as my Wing.

Given my experience, I would say if you can have a supply of early Wing calipers "at the ready" it will be a good thing.

I heard back from the piston guy already - from his skiing holiday, even! He will return on the 4th and process my order then. Airmail from Germany is taking ten days due to the heightened security!