I wouldn't trust a knockoff part with your life.

 

I have a rear two pot caliper in the 84mm variety and a real brembo of the same.



My brembo is the gold color and the thailand special is silver. Here is my take on them so far.



If you don't know, I have this mounted up on a custom fabricated bracket on the rear of my CT70 using a china spoked 12" wheel and 120/70-12 tire and a 180mm disc.



I mounted up the Thailand special first as that is how I designed and fabbed the bracket. I got it all together and bled the brakes and took it for a spin down the road and was unimpressed with its brakeing ability. I bled it a few more times and purged all the fluid and tried again...same result.



I then mounted the real brembo and bled the system out. Went down the road and had no problem locking the rear wheel with a little pressure on the brake.



When mounting, I noticed something peculiar though...the Real Brembo and the Thailand special brembo had the bleeder and the brake lines reversed to one another. So, I changed them on the Thailand special and rebled.



Now the Thailand one gripped WAAAAAY better and even better than the real brembo. I assume that it gripped better only because the real brembo had come off a ducati with 12k miles on it and still had the original pads while the fake brembo had brand new pads.



Overall, to me, they operate the same and have the same braking power. I can't speak for reliability though. Also, the real brembos have a nicer surface finish.



If you are considering a thailand special brembo, 2-pt for the rear, I will sell you mine...it has about 1000 total yards on it and does work as good as the real thing.

 

Anyone use brembos that were made in Thailand? How do they compare to the real ones? Are they dependable? Have fitment issues? Pros and Cons? How can you spot a fake? Please share your experiences.



Thank you.

The Thai brembos are copies and not the real article as you are aware.



Ask Fatcaaat as I think he has/had some. **Edit, he beat me to the punch**



I have no comment on the copies since I won't ever own any and will stick with the geniune article to trust my life with.

 

Cool beans, thx guys.

 

its your life , cheep knock offs will come back and hurt u ,why be cheep ,look how much u payed 4 your bike, do u really want to be cheep, its on u bro just pay a few dollars more on name brand, hell i only use EBC BRAKES ON MY GSXR1000 only i dont get cheep when it comes to my street or dirtbikes good luck

 

I wish I knew how to tell them apart. I have been considering buying a Thai master cylinder to give it a shot, but I am not sure how much I trust them.

 

Cheap-spelled cheap.

 

I have a rear two pot caliper in the 84mm variety and a real brembo of the same.



My brembo is the gold color and the thailand special is silver. Here is my take on them so far.



If you don't know, I have this mounted up on a custom fabricated bracket on the rear of my CT70 using a china spoked 12" wheel and 120/70-12 tire and a 180mm disc.



I mounted up the Thailand special first as that is how I designed and fabbed the bracket. I got it all together and bled the brakes and took it for a spin down the road and was unimpressed with its brakeing ability. I bled it a few more times and purged all the fluid and tried again...same result.



I then mounted the real brembo and bled the system out. Went down the road and had no problem locking the rear wheel with a little pressure on the brake.



When mounting, I noticed something peculiar though...the Real Brembo and the Thailand special brembo had the bleeder and the brake lines reversed to one another. So, I changed them on the Thailand special and rebled.



Now the Thailand one gripped WAAAAAY better and even better than the real brembo. I assume that it gripped better only because the real brembo had come off a ducati with 12k miles on it and still had the original pads while the fake brembo had brand new pads.



Overall, to me, they operate the same and have the same braking power. I can't speak for reliability though. Also, the real brembos have a nicer surface finish.



If you are considering a thailand special brembo, 2-pt for the rear, I will sell you mine...it has about 1000 total yards on it and does work as good as the real thing.

Do you know where I can get some Brembo or Gremica copies here in the U.S.? Id like to throw a set on my Showas....

 

well IDK about the US but I know you can get them from Akunar and many China places like TDRmotor....TDR has an egay store too.......check out wholesale cycle......maybe Jack has some or can get them quickly

 

well IDK about the US but I know you can get them from Akunar and many China places like TDRmotor....TDR has an egay store too.......check out wholesale cycle......maybe Jack has some or can get them quickly

Thanks bro...Im gonna go check them out They look sweet, and cant be any worse than any other china front brake right? Might as well look good lol. I dont have the extra cash to buy a set of $500-$1000 calipers anyway

 

Thanks bro...Im gonna go check them out They look sweet, and cant be any worse than any other china front brake right? Might as well look good lol. I dont have the extra cash to buy a set of $500-$1000 calipers anyway

A 2 pot brembo caliper is only $95 for a top bleed and around $145 for a side bleed.



The radial calipers are $330 and the 4 pots are $200.



Dunno where you pulled your prices from. I have brembos on 3 of my small Hondas and won't run anything else.

 

A 2 pot brembo caliper is only $95 for a top bleed and around $145 for a side bleed.



The radial calipers are $330 and the 4 pots are $200.



Dunno where you pulled your prices from. I have brembos on 3 of my small Hondas and won't run anything else.

Well thats not too bad....maybe I was looking at the street bike "universal" calipers. I was looking at the whole set ups. IM looking for a good set for my full mod, problem is it has showas on it. Guess thats gonna be difficult. Wheres a good place to look at some Z?

 

how can you tell if its real or not

 

I too only run the "authentic" Brembos and wouldn't dare trust a knock-off with my life. Mine is the silver two pot. I got mine from Z and motoshopZ and love it. Why risk it with cheap crap, but it's your life.

 

how can you tell if its real or not

If it's from Thailand or another 3rd world country, it's a fake.

 

got it from my guy in japan

4pot brembo

 

I have a set from Akunar and they stop like nobody's business...but they don't sell the model I have anymore. Mine were a CNC model not cast. It's a mechanical part made with decent materials. The only thing I might worry about is them leaking, which they haven't. If they leak the solution is new o-rings seals and done.