Just so you know you're awesome for being the person to finally give this fantastic little goat the attention and aftermarket that it has deserved for so long. Rewind back to '92 my dad walked me into a Yamaha dealership and I walked out with a catalog to oogle. At like 12 years old I was turning the pages and drawing all the bikes. They all kinda looked the same, some bigger, some smaller. Then I flipped a page and saw the TW200. I instantly fell in love with this bike. A few years later at 15 I bought my 1995 "fruit loop" TW. I never got to ride that bike all that much and don't have a lot of memories of it. I sold that bike at 18 to help buy my 1st car. Something like 8 years later I came across some videos or something of the TW and I simply had to have another one. I got a few 1000 miles on my 2007 and felt the need for a little more power and regretfully to this day sold it for $2k. I didn't have a bike for many years until a couple years ago when I picked up an XT250. Sold it after a season or so of discomfort and crowding. Lucked out and scored a '22 CRF300L and here I am again wanting to compliment that bike with another TW that I will NEVER EVER sell. I cannot and will not ever get this bike out of my heart it seems.
Hands down one of THE BEST upgrades to the TW! Thank you for creating the kit! I look forward to adding it. P.S. - please add the link to your sales website to the description. The RUclips video is cool, but a link directly to your shop would be much appreciated.
Just finished installing this kit. Easy install and all parts are top notch. Taking it across the mountain tomorrow morning to test it out 👍👍👍 Oil cooler is next on the list:)
Outstanding design work, well sorted out, even as a H S drop-out, I followed well. I am in the middle of my XT 250, mode, I have the front and rear sections, removed, and in process of making, the XT 250, a WAY BETTER, Tracktor, all of my XT stuff, will move, to the TW, it will move to the sales block, as the XT 250, will tracktor it self thur life, producing a big smile, on my face, and showing the world, that I did, pay attension, to my fighter pilot father, I miss you pop, love Jerry D Thanks again I will be in touch!!
Great product! Purchased and installed. Brake line has protection where needed and routes nicely. 65 miles since install and love it so far and it's a quick install at a great price!
Very nice! I converted my 2000 Blaster from drum to disc on the front and from mechanical disc in the back to hyd disc. Changed the whole machine! We just picked up an 07 tdub here for the channel. Will be doing a cylinder base gasket, clutch, chain and sprockets on the channel here soon. Might have to look into this while it's up on the rack! Thanks man! Chris W.
I bought the kit, and I installed it today. I like how it looks and how it fits. HOWEVER, I do not like how it functions. I can't even slide the tire on gravel. It sort of acts like it needs to be bled. Since the caliper bleeder is not at the top, I will take the unit off and rotate it so that the bleeder is at the top, and I will try to bleed it again. I could not put enough pressure on the brake peddle to slide the tire on my gravel driveway. I even tried using my heel. It just slowly came to a stop. Some others have whined about the zip tie. I have no problem with using a zip tie, however, I will be making something a bit more substantial in the future, IF I can get it working better than it is now. I will try the repositioning of the caliper first. I am a retired heavy equipment mechanic, so I do understand mechanical things. I took the original drum brake cam lever and cut it in half and added 1.5" in length in an attempt to get it to work better, which it did. It actually worked better than this hydraulic unit. Nobody else in this comment string is complaining, so hopefully when I rotate the caliper it will resolve my issue. If it does not, I will reach out to you again.
If you do not have a solid pedal it definitely still has air in it. The air gets trapped in the banjo fittings. Since they are the highest point at both ends, make sure you bleed from those as well.
I know what my wife is getting next Christmas. The rear drum was one of the few downsides to the tw over the xt, but it's great knowing this is an option.
I just bought 2 banjo bolts with bleeders in them. I also got some sintered pads. I removed the caliper a placed it so that the bleeder was on top. I bled it for 30 minutes. The brakes are better than they were, but still not good enough. The banjo bleeders and sintered pads should fix me up. Then I should be happy.
Have a friend that just installed one of these and it's not working well, dont have as much stopping power as the drum brake did. Will not lock up less your in deep gravel or mud . He wanted to know if I had any ideas why, I live a long way away from him so I can't go look at myself. I asked him if he is shure he got it bled properly, I'm pretty shure he did bleed it fine he's not a dummy he been working on stuff for 60 years an is a pretty capable backyard mechanic . Wondering if you have any ideas why it just dont have the stopping power that it should.
I just added a comment with the same issue. I am going to take the tire off and rotate the caliper so that the caliper bleeder is at the top, and I will try bleeding it again. If it works, I will give you a shout.
I love everything except the brake line. It should 90 out of the caliper, down to the arm, then follow the arm, protected, all the way to the master. Laying on top of the arm it's entire length. It's just too short to be properly routed now, and needs the steel 90 on the hose end at the caliper. It's really the ONLY thing I would engineer out. GREAT JOB with it otherwise! 👏
Is there a reason the right side spacers aren't welded to the brake bracket? Obviously there is manufacturing cost/time but would it interfere somehow? I.e. if I bought this could I weld the spacers to the bracket and have a much easier time installing the wheel?
Good observation. We thought of that and tried it both ways. We tried welding the outside spacer to the caliper bracket as well as the inner. Both make it infinitely harder to assemble. You wouldn't think so just looking at it, but it really helps to be able to move the bracket around without the spacers welded to it.
I could see 4 holes on the disc that held the drum. 3 of them looked to be the same size, 8mm I think, but the 4th hole was smaller and it looks to be left open to the elements. Does that need to be plugged up?
I'm not quite sure what you might be referring to, but the disc is 4 bolt while the adapter hub to the wheel is 3 bolt. Hope that clears up your concern.
Ahh. I see what you are referring to now. That hole is in the OEM wheel hub for some odd reason. It isn't used in our brake or the OEM. Not sure what Yamaha uses it for. Good eye.
I would have no problem doing that. I will get something put together on the website asap. It might be a e week or two. We are making one more change to the system before we ship them out. Not quite happy with it yet but very close.
Every rear disc brake line is longer, running against the swingarm. Yours looks mighty vulnerable hanging without any support. After miles of bouncing, I would think the line would fail where it attaches from the constant movement.
Time will tell. I like everything about this conversion except for the zip tie. I would happily pay $30 more for the kit if it had an engineered clamp that would mount to the stock steel loop and hold the line captive outboard of the loop... the line (at least at the angle in the video) looks like it might get hooked by a knobbie, especially if the zip tie were to fail. Otherwise, this kit looks awesome.
@@Rusty-Hinge It's not an issue of completing the job, the issue is that the brake line is too short to run along the swingarm. It needs a couple more inches to route lower so it can be attached securely.
@@Rusty-Hinge Gee gosh Vic, you're such a stud. I bet the women swoon. Nope, I took a look at your profile. Listen up... anyone looking at this video is either a TDub owner, or plans to be. We are enthusiasts looking to find new stuff, as well as help builders and buyers mitigate mistakes. If Skipro3 makes a comment about the brake line, it's because he likely has experience with this specific issue. When a person spends $300 bucks on a kit, they have every expectation that it will be properly tested so that they have absolute confidence in their purchase and it's performance. Look at the pic on the Bradley website... that brake line looks like it is BEGGING to be torn off by the tire. Now back you your self esteem and your hanging man stuff... this kit, if absolutely properly done, would have a clamp for the line that mates to the stock swing arm loop so it is captive. It would not come with a fucking zip tie. The buyer should not have to get creative. I very much like this kit, and I plan to buy it, but we are completely justified in pointing out potential problems prior to purchase, and Bradley has all rights to counter our comments.
They are on our website Bradley performance products.net but are currently out of stock. We will have some ready pretty shortly. Maybe a week, hopefully.
$300 bucks on a kit .No Thanks.I would like to hear the squeal noise both front and rear wheel. What are the qualifications to manufacture DISC BARKE kit for TW 200 motorcycle . After replacing the disc brake kit that you manufacture, if the rider dies suddenly while riding the motorcycle (due to rear brake failure), do you accept the responsibility for that death?
People like @DOWNSOUTH probably need to wear a life vest before eating a bowl of soup. If you don’t like what you see, what self satisfaction do you obtain by writing something negative? It’s small business innovation that makes the world a better place. If you don’t like it then great, we don’t like your shit comments. Go stick to your stock bikes you boring human being
Just so you know you're awesome for being the person to finally give this fantastic little goat the attention and aftermarket that it has deserved for so long. Rewind back to '92 my dad walked me into a Yamaha dealership and I walked out with a catalog to oogle. At like 12 years old I was turning the pages and drawing all the bikes. They all kinda looked the same, some bigger, some smaller. Then I flipped a page and saw the TW200. I instantly fell in love with this bike. A few years later at 15 I bought my 1995 "fruit loop" TW. I never got to ride that bike all that much and don't have a lot of memories of it. I sold that bike at 18 to help buy my 1st car. Something like 8 years later I came across some videos or something of the TW and I simply had to have another one. I got a few 1000 miles on my 2007 and felt the need for a little more power and regretfully to this day sold it for $2k. I didn't have a bike for many years until a couple years ago when I picked up an XT250. Sold it after a season or so of discomfort and crowding. Lucked out and scored a '22 CRF300L and here I am again wanting to compliment that bike with another TW that I will NEVER EVER sell. I cannot and will not ever get this bike out of my heart it seems.
Hands down one of THE BEST upgrades to the TW! Thank you for creating the kit! I look forward to adding it.
P.S. - please add the link to your sales website to the description. The RUclips video is cool, but a link directly to your shop would be much appreciated.
Just finished installing this kit. Easy install and all parts are top notch. Taking it across the mountain tomorrow morning to test it out 👍👍👍
Oil cooler is next on the list:)
Outstanding design work, well sorted out, even as a H S drop-out, I followed well. I am in the middle of my XT 250, mode, I have the front and rear sections, removed, and in process of making, the XT 250, a WAY BETTER, Tracktor, all of my XT stuff, will move, to the TW, it will move to the sales block, as the XT 250, will tracktor it self thur life, producing a big smile, on my face, and showing the world, that I did, pay attension, to my fighter pilot father, I miss you pop, love Jerry D Thanks again I will be in touch!!
Sweet!! I think this would be awesome for those times too when going through water and you lose braking power in the drum. Looks like a great kit!
Matt, please install this and do a review for us!
@@tacticalant3841 Heck! I need this!!!!!!!
The TW200 mod community just sold me on this bike. Thanks for this, I'm super interested in this mod.
Great product! Purchased and installed. Brake line has protection where needed and routes nicely. 65 miles since install and love it so far and it's a quick install at a great price!
Nice work guys.! just placed my order..can’t wait to install this with my ATV fat tire kit.!
Very nice! I converted my 2000 Blaster from drum to disc on the front and from mechanical disc in the back to hyd disc. Changed the whole machine! We just picked up an 07 tdub here for the channel. Will be doing a cylinder base gasket, clutch, chain and sprockets on the channel here soon. Might have to look into this while it's up on the rack! Thanks man! Chris W.
Very cool!
I bought the kit, and I installed it today. I like how it looks and how it fits. HOWEVER, I do not like how it functions. I can't even slide the tire on gravel. It sort of acts like it needs to be bled. Since the caliper bleeder is not at the top, I will take the unit off and rotate it so that the bleeder is at the top, and I will try to bleed it again. I could not put enough pressure on the brake peddle to slide the tire on my gravel driveway. I even tried using my heel. It just slowly came to a stop.
Some others have whined about the zip tie. I have no problem with using a zip tie, however, I will be making something a bit more substantial in the future, IF I can get it working better than it is now. I will try the repositioning of the caliper first. I am a retired heavy equipment mechanic, so I do understand mechanical things. I took the original drum brake cam lever and cut it in half and added 1.5" in length in an attempt to get it to work better, which it did. It actually worked better than this hydraulic unit. Nobody else in this comment string is complaining, so hopefully when I rotate the caliper it will resolve my issue. If it does not, I will reach out to you again.
If you do not have a solid pedal it definitely still has air in it. The air gets trapped in the banjo fittings. Since they are the highest point at both ends, make sure you bleed from those as well.
Well played, Sir!
I would love to banish the shriek of the T-Dub!
I know what my wife is getting next Christmas. The rear drum was one of the few downsides to the tw over the xt, but it's great knowing this is an option.
Nice job folks! The kit looks great.
I’m excited for this one!
Cool! Your prices are also very reasonable! I will for sure do front and rear conversion.
Awesome video once again!!
I just bought 2 banjo bolts with bleeders in them. I also got some sintered pads. I removed the caliper a placed it so that the bleeder was on top. I bled it for 30 minutes. The brakes are better than they were, but still not good enough. The banjo bleeders and sintered pads should fix me up. Then I should be happy.
If I’m not mistaken this swing arm almost looks like the one on a DR200? I have an 06’ DR200 so I’m wondering if this would fit?
There was a dr200 with a tw200 swing arm for sale.
Have a friend that just installed one of these and it's not working well, dont have as much stopping power as the drum brake did. Will not lock up less your in deep gravel or mud . He wanted to know if I had any ideas why, I live a long way away from him so I can't go look at myself. I asked him if he is shure he got it bled properly, I'm pretty shure he did bleed it fine he's not a dummy he been working on stuff for 60 years an is a pretty capable backyard mechanic . Wondering if you have any ideas why it just dont have the stopping power that it should.
I just added a comment with the same issue. I am going to take the tire off and rotate the caliper so that the caliper bleeder is at the top, and I will try bleeding it again. If it works, I will give you a shout.
Can this kit be modified to fit the xt225, I have done disc brake conversions before to other bikes
Not sure on that. I have never had one to work with.
I love everything except the brake line. It should 90 out of the caliper, down to the arm, then follow the arm, protected, all the way to the master. Laying on top of the arm it's entire length. It's just too short to be properly routed now, and needs the steel 90 on the hose end at the caliper. It's really the ONLY thing I would engineer out.
GREAT JOB with it otherwise! 👏
super nice tutorial! Would it be advaisiable to use some thread lock on master cilinder assembly and disc brake support?
Yes you can!
Would this fit an xt225? i know they're simaler, but are they close enough
We don't think so. Not 100% sure though.
como sabes de marketing viejo e
capo!
Fantastic mod
That's awesome! Would like to kit my Tdub with that...only I'm so far away from you guys...Namibia, Southwest Africa...is there a way??
I can look into that for you.
Is there a reason the right side spacers aren't welded to the brake bracket? Obviously there is manufacturing cost/time but would it interfere somehow? I.e. if I bought this could I weld the spacers to the bracket and have a much easier time installing the wheel?
Good observation. We thought of that and tried it both ways. We tried welding the outside spacer to the caliper bracket as well as the inner. Both make it infinitely harder to assemble. You wouldn't think so just looking at it, but it really helps to be able to move the bracket around without the spacers welded to it.
🏁👍
I could see 4 holes on the disc that held the drum. 3 of them looked to be the same size, 8mm I think, but the 4th hole was smaller and it looks to be left open to the elements. Does that need to be plugged up?
I'm not quite sure what you might be referring to, but the disc is 4 bolt while the adapter hub to the wheel is 3 bolt. Hope that clears up your concern.
@@bradleyperformanceproducts It's the smaller hole at about the 3 ok position at 8:22 in the vid
Ahh. I see what you are referring to now. That hole is in the OEM wheel hub for some odd reason. It isn't used in our brake or the OEM. Not sure what Yamaha uses it for. Good eye.
Love it, i want 2 :) Are you going to offer just the disc and disc mount as an add on for those of us that that have spare wheels?
I would have no problem doing that. I will get something put together on the website asap. It might be a e week or two. We are making one more change to the system before we ship them out. Not quite happy with it yet but very close.
if you need a beta tester with a high degree of mechanical aptitude and TW knowledge im your guy…..
@@TDub_ADV 10-4, will look into that.
how much does it cost for this conversion?
@sauddahmed3827 around $300
Every rear disc brake line is longer, running against the swingarm. Yours looks mighty vulnerable hanging without any support. After miles of bouncing, I would think the line would fail where it attaches from the constant movement.
Time will tell. I like everything about this conversion except for the zip tie. I would happily pay $30 more for the kit if it had an engineered clamp that would mount to the stock steel loop and hold the line captive outboard of the loop... the line (at least at the angle in the video) looks like it might get hooked by a knobbie, especially if the zip tie were to fail. Otherwise, this kit looks awesome.
A drill, a tap two P clips and 2 stainless screws would fix that.
Cost - free to anyone with the self esteem to have man stuff hanging around.
@@Rusty-Hinge It's not an issue of completing the job, the issue is that the brake line is too short to run along the swingarm. It needs a couple more inches to route lower so it can be attached securely.
@@skipro3
That bit I agree with.
@@Rusty-Hinge Gee gosh Vic, you're such a stud. I bet the women swoon. Nope, I took a look at your profile. Listen up... anyone looking at this video is either a TDub owner, or plans to be. We are enthusiasts looking to find new stuff, as well as help builders and buyers mitigate mistakes. If Skipro3 makes a comment about the brake line, it's because he likely has experience with this specific issue. When a person spends $300 bucks on a kit, they have every expectation that it will be properly tested so that they have absolute confidence in their purchase and it's performance. Look at the pic on the Bradley website... that brake line looks like it is BEGGING to be torn off by the tire. Now back you your self esteem and your hanging man stuff... this kit, if absolutely properly done, would have a clamp for the line that mates to the stock swing arm loop so it is captive. It would not come with a fucking zip tie. The buyer should not have to get creative. I very much like this kit, and I plan to buy it, but we are completely justified in pointing out potential problems prior to purchase, and Bradley has all rights to counter our comments.
I always thought drums had some advantages for rear...
All I can say is you thought wrong. Disc is always better.
Will this work with the atv rim modification kit?
Yes, its just a tougher install. The wheel or disc, either one, have to be left loose to slide the caliper over the disc. Not ideal but it works.
How do I buy it ? My brand new tw rear brakes squeal from day one and don’t stop good
They are on our website Bradley performance products.net but are currently out of stock. We will have some ready pretty shortly. Maybe a week, hopefully.
Know any kits for crf100?
Sorry, we just focus on the tw200.
Take my money.
こんにちは、是非TW225のが欲しいです、通信販売はできます。
$300 if anyone is wondering
$300 bucks on a kit .No Thanks.I would like to hear the squeal noise both front and rear wheel. What are the qualifications to manufacture DISC BARKE kit for TW 200 motorcycle . After replacing the disc brake kit that you manufacture, if the rider dies suddenly while riding the motorcycle (due to rear brake failure), do you accept the responsibility for that death?
Why? They bought a product to install themselves it's on them..
In the wrong hands anything can suck
People like @DOWNSOUTH probably need to wear a life vest before eating a bowl of soup.
If you don’t like what you see, what self satisfaction do you obtain by writing something negative?
It’s small business innovation that makes the world a better place. If you don’t like it then great, we don’t like your shit comments. Go stick to your stock bikes you boring human being
Nope not responsible it says it as a disclaimer on the site
If a rider dies of a front brake failure, should yamaha take responsibility?
@@LSD97123 no