[thedrewski86]

A while back I upgraded the master cylinder on my SV to a Brembo piece off an R6. It's radial and has a slightly larger diameter piston (common mod); I like the braking of it now.
A week or two back a dude on the SV forum needed some stock brake parts, reminding me that I had the old mc sitting in a box. He just needed the lines, but I pulled the mc out and gave it a look. Still clean and I noticed the piston dia is 5/8". The stock Kawasaki piece is 1/2". I looked at the brake line routing and it seemed like a direct swap, save for fitting a reservoir cup. I found a mini-reservoir on ebay for $10 and fabbed up an aluminum bracket. The end result is pretty nice: there is more braking power (although I never saw the ninjette's front brake as a weak link), so now it really stops. I'm glad I have some hard front springs in the forks or this would be very divey under hard braking. The lever is adjustable, and I like the bare aluminum look. It was a nice free upgrade.