Brakes

General
Brakes on the Trophy are generally found to be very good, although some rider/owners will always be looking for improvements. Beware the rear brake pads can wear much quicker than the front pads, due to the pads not releasing fully from the discs, so best to keep an eye on them.

Brake Pads
Brake Pad references:

EBC Kevlar Brake Pads #FA236 (2 sets required)

EBC Kevlar Brake Pads #FA215/2HH (1 set required)

EBC Brakes lists the correct brake pads.

Calipers
The six-pot Tokico front calipers on many Suzuki and Kawasaki sports bikes have identical mountings to the Trophy ones, and are a significant improvement on the already reasonable braking. The original master cylinder and hoses can be retained. These 6-pots can frequently be found on Ebay for around GBP60, or from breakers. Early CBR600 brake calipers are identical to early Trophy/Trident etc. and the Honda refurbishment kit

includes pins, boots etc, that the Triumph kit does not. Early GSXR750 calipers are the same as the Triumph 4 pot ones.

The pistons can seize due to the lack of a seal between the caliper body and piston. Although Triumph (in their infinite wisdom) don't sell spares, Honda do and the part numbers are:

Part number 45133 - MA3 - 006 = Rear grommet

Part number 45132 - 166 - 016 = Centre bush

The Nissin 4 pot calipers for later Trophies were fitted to several Suzukis. Bandits 1200s (pre 2001) have almost identical calipers. Seals and other bits can be cheaper than Triumph branded parts. Sprint Manufacturing in the UK do a reasonably priced front caliper overhaul kit.

Discs
Replacement discs are available in the UK for around 25% of the Triumph price from ABE Engineering in Greenwich South London (Triumph price is around £200)

Brake Lines
Some owners are tempted to fit stainless braided brake lines in the belief that they will be better than the stock lines. The fact is that most of the Trophy's lines ARE braided steel, underneath the plastic covering. Only the very early Trophies were not.

A good UK mail order supplier of all specialist oil and brake lines, along with specialist fasteners is BSR Aerotek.

Other parts
Brake levers, master cylinders, etc from Kawasaki ZRX1200s are identical to those on the Trophy. A Suzuki Master Cylinder Overhaul Kit is half the price of the Triumph equivalent.