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    801 320mm brake discs

    Yeah they are 1290 rotors. I am running stock dual 701 galfer discs on my 701’s mag wheel set up. They work great but do seem to be noisier than normal. They feel a lot different than the 1290s..
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    801 320mm brake discs

    I changed my rotors to 320mm and there was a difference. The bigger difference was when I swapped on some Brembo calipers I had laying around from a Ducati monster. I’m sure if I did sintered pads it would be even bigger but it’s 2 finger braking with whatever pads were stock on a monster.
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    Writing on the wall?

    Has anyone heard anything about the 801s being discontinued? They seem to be following the playbook/timeline of the 701s with the updated paint on the svart to move remaining units and the Vit just having the yellow model this year. With the mark downs as well, I feel like they’ll be gone next...
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    801 320mm brake discs

    That amount of corrosion is insane. Looks like a flood damaged bike but just the rotors. My main complaint about the 801 stock and 790 stock rotors is that they are so ridiculously heavy. There is no need for a 1/4” steel plate rotor carrier.
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    Opening the air box and installing a dual-disc brake for my Vitpilen 701

    Looks great! When I worked on mine the biggest problem to me was trying to match the belly pan style of the concept. I added a front piece to tie the two side covers together but it is still pretty far off. Cutting down the stock muffle was easy too but the fancy exit would be really hard.
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    Winter Warriors! Who's still riding?

    Still riding although it’s been below freezing recently. I just have swapped to rising the svart 401 because I don’t want to ride the 801 with salt all over the roads. I’ll bring the 801 back out once it gets washed off.
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    Almost finished? Probably not!

    Looks great! Agree on it being the prettiest, every time I walk out to it from the store it looks good. No matter what angle.
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    Dual disk

    Looking good! Excited to see the final product.
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    New Svartpilen owner

    I don’t think you can get more bang for your buck than an 801 right now. I wasn’t planning on buying one either but the price was so low I kind of had to. When the price drops so close to a 401 it’s a no brainer.
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    "Tweaked" 801 stock muffler

    I ended up removing the baffle, sounds great! I might try to make a removable baffle like yours to cut down the droning for long trips.
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    Dual disk

    That’s quick progress! I don’t remember what measurements I had when I installed it but this is how much my forks stick up.
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    Dual disk

    I did think about it, it would be a lot of work though and then I would have to dyno tune it. With the airbox lid off the stock setup is already so good. If I was going to remake anything I would focus on trying to get the lines and bottom of my lower fairing better.
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    Dual disk

    I would probably go with a 19mm master because I like how it feels but it’s kind of up to you, the 19 will be more on the “squishy” side and the 20 more on the “wooden” side. I don’t thing the lever ratio matters, to me it’s more of a gimmick and I don’t mess with it much lol I have had the...
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    Dual disk

    Hi, Let me know if you have any other questions. As I mentioned before, I did this modification on my personal bike so can’t vouch for its safety or that it will work for you. I would have a mechanic check out your build to make sure it’s safe and good to ride, especially when messing with...
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    Joining the 801 club

    Did a test ride, works good. I feel they are a little more progressive than the stock ones. Master cylinder could probably be 1mm larger to reduce the spongyness. I should have done some distance stopping measurements before I swapped out the rotors and calipers.
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