Converting from drum to disc?

[pacomutt]

Is anyone with an 800 thinking about converting their rear brake to a disc brake?
I have this master cylinder, hose, and bracket with caliper from an 800 Drifter.
It will probably end up on eBay, but it's here first for you 800 guys.



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[Bob Myers]

With the drifter swingarm this is easy swap, of course you need the wheel too to make it complete.
How much Ron?

[pacomutt]

Originally Posted by Bob Myers

With the drifter swingarm this is easy swap, of course you need the wheel too to make it complete.
How much Ron?

What's fair? Maybe some machine work?
I picked up a set of Drifter floorboards that I'm putting on my wife's 800 Classic.
The left side practically fell on, including the heel/toe shifter. It was an exact bolt-on switch.
The right side however, not so easy. I think I'll be able to use the Drifter floorboard mount, but the mounting holes had to be moved, so the standoffs need to be cut off and re-welded to the new hole locations. All the other junk welded onto the original footpeg mounting plate needs to be cut off and re-welded onto the Drifter bracket. Then the Drifter bracket needs to trimmed of some un-needed steel like where the master cylinder was mounted.
I like the rear drum on the bike, so not even thinking about making the swap.
The brake parts were included in the floorboard purchase. I just don't need them.

[pacomutt]

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[Bob Myers]

can you not use a standard B model right bracket? Picture od both please?

[pacomutt]

Originally Posted by Bob Myers

can you not use a standard B model right bracket? Picture od both please?

The B model has pegs. I think the only 800 with boards was the Drifter.

[Bob Myers]

Friend here had a classic with what appeared to be factory boards. I do know he bought the bike new and did not install them himself. It took 20 minutes to teach him how to put gas in the first time so installing those would be way beyond his ability

[pacomutt]

I will go back and look at more parts breakdowns, but I'm pretty sure it was only the Drifters that had them. Do you know what year the bike was that you saw?

[pacomutt]

I found that Kawa made a Canadian only model in 1999 (a "C" model) 800 Classic that had boards, but it was the same Drifter design that had hydraulic rear disc brakes, and the mount is the same as what I have now.
I have to convert my right mount from hydraulic to cable operated brakes.
The Kawa boards are far superior to any aftermarket floorboard conversions as they support the boards at both ends instead of at just the one point where the foot peg was attached. It will be a really nice conversion.
I've been looking for a set of Drifter boards since I've had the bike. To buy all the parts new would have cost around $800, and I would still have to do the modification to the right side.

[XCR600]

I had thought of a rear disk on my 800 , I think any major mods are tabled for now though. I'm looking around for my next bike as I'd like some thing bigger that came factory with a belt drive and front & rear disk maybe a wider front foot print too.