Some of the new Suzuki models are now equipped from factory with Brembo brakes.
Does anyone know the interchangeability between these??
Basically I'd like to upgrade the brakes on my Bandit and am just wondering if any of the suzuki ss bikes share calipers, masters ect?
The master may be a relatively simply swap, but the caliper is another story. Your Bandit has standard mount calipers whereas the Brembo's are radial mount, therefore the mounting points on your forks are not even oriented properly to accept radial calipers, let alone position of the mounts.
Option 1: Swap out the entire front end for a gsxr front end (i.e. upper and lower triples, forks, wheel, axle, rotors, calipers, fender, clip-ons or some kind of bar conversion). A good bit of work (but relatively easy), and not exactly cheap (maybe ~$1000 for used stuff), although complete front ends show up on ebay fairly regularly. You just have to be careful about what you're buying.
Option 2: Have someone custom fabricate some adapter plates that will mate your forks' caliper mounting points with the radial mount calipers. The tricky parts would be ensuring proper alignment with the rotor, and clearance with the wheel. I'd also imagine that any sort of adapter would introduce additional flex into the setup, which is not a good thing.
Option 1 is generally the approach taken with SV's, but I don't even know if it's possible with the Bandit, and option 2 seems like a less safe, less than optimal solution, for a relatively minor braking complaint.
