Tyres, Brakes and Suspension » Changing from Brembo?

From BMW UK Website, accessories section

Change to the brake system
Starting on 01/12/2020, the vehicle shown here is expected to be delivered with a brake system from another manufacturer (possibly with different appearance) instead of the Brembo brand brake system.

Interesting.....

The RS and R still ships with Brembo.
The RT and GS has Hayes.
With all of the leaking Hayes calipers I would not be surprised if BMW goes back to Brembo on all models.

Zitat von Elmer J Fudd im Beitrag #1

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From BMW UK Website, accessories section

Change to the brake system
Starting on 01/12/2020, the vehicle shown here is expected to be delivered with a brake system from another manufacturer (possibly with different appearance) instead of the Brembo brand brake system.

Interesting.....

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Zitat von Elmer J Fudd im Beitrag #1

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From BMW UK Website, accessories section

[i]Change to the brake system
Starting on 01/12/2020,...

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I have just seen in the BMW website the following, are they mad😳

Already posted earlier today. But nobody has answered the question which bike(s) does this apply to? The GS already has Hayes brakes.

Chris

Hi Chris,

I had an R1250GS Rallye before my R1250RS Sport. My Gs had 3 sets of crap Hayes calipers fitted to it, all leaked. The bike had done 6 miles, I never rode it. I successfully rejected the bike, got all my money back and a discount on the RS and some bits thrown in. I just had no confidence in the bike, the brake fluid was literally p*****g out of the front calipers, ruined the wheel as well.

Maybe the Brembos will become an optional extra at many ££££'s

Alan

Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #7

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...............bmw-motorrad.co.uk/en/models/sport/r1250rs1.html has the statement under the picture

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My 2012 Zero electric motorcycle had Haynes calipers (the first that I had ever seen). They worked, but a year or two later the company switched to Nissan calipers and they worked better.

Sorry, I thought that as this is an R1250RS forum that it would have been obvious that it was the R1250RS.

Zitat von Elmer J Fudd im Beitrag #12

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Sorry, I thought that as this is an R1250RS forum that it would have been obvious that it was the R1250RS.

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BMW seem intent on parting ways with Brembo. The Hayes callipers that were defective will I'm sure be developed and modified to cure the issues some have had.

There will be one overriding reason to switch away from Brembo. Money.

Can't really blame Brembo for trying to make money. Seems every other bike out there is using their calipers. I'm not a marketing expert but I suspect their business makes more sense at the premium low-volume end.