1976 Gl1000 Master Cylinder Upgrade

[PathFinderGL1000]

Hey all,

This is my first post on this site. I bought a modified GL1000 1976 a couple of years ago and rode for a couple of months until my wife got pregnant and had to stop for a while.

Now that my son is two years and things have settled at home, I took the bike to a shop for a complete strip down and have been upgrading/updating as some parts that I've been finding as I do my research.

Right now I'm trying to figure out if there's an upgrade for the front master cylinder other than the one that Randakk's has on the website. I found one that I like made by Nisisin https://4into1.com/nissin-retro-master- ... -8-piston/ , there's nothing wrong with the MC I'm just looking for a cleaner look .

I'm just not sure if it will work with the 76, any insight or info would be appreciate it,

Thank you.


Here's a couple of pictures of the bike when I got it, I'll post some more whenever I'm done with it.

[Joneszy]

Not sure if it would be referred to as an upgrade but I just replaced the front master cylinder on my 78 with one I purchased on Amazon. The original MC was sun baked & deteriorated and although it still worked it looked like crap.Do as search on Amazon and Ebay and you will come up with scads of MC's that will give you a cleaner look. I am pleased with the one I installed but a heads up. Only buy a unit with a 16mm bore (some are advertised as 15.8 mm) rather than the master cylinders with a 14 mm bore. The smaller unit does not have the volume to properly function on a bike with 2 rotors/calipers on the front. I know this from experience as I tried one and bled it several ways only to come up with a soft/spongy feel on the brake lever. I ordered a 16 mm after getting a refund on the first MC and it worked properly within minutes and a quick bleed of the front brake system.
These are inexpensive 18 to 25 bucks (made in China/Taiwan) depending on black or chrome etc. but I do know that others on the NGW (naked goldwing site) have used them with good results as well.

[PathFinderGL1000]

Thanks Joneszy,

I'll look into getting one of those and see how it works out.