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1200 RT imported to UK from America into UK in 2010
Passed 8 MOT's to date however latest MOT at a different MOT centre failed the bike due to inability to get the dipped beam bright spot into the LHS of the vertical line using available adjustment
It can be seen ...

Problem caused by the new Brembo discs being thicker at 5.1mm as opposed to the original 4.5mm
Looked at a number of other bikes and none have the disc dead centre in the caliper body
Problem resolved by adding a 0.7mm shim adjacent to the axle spacer effectively moving the wheel over o.7mm
ABS gap ...

Planning on looking at it tomorrow with a bike mechanic friend
Been researching the problem
Looked at a few other bikes with the same caliper /disc arrangement (GS's also use the same components)
None of the other bikes have the disc central to the small caliper fins
Beginning to think the Honda ...

Hi Everyone
Just fitted new discs/pads (Brembo) on my 07 R1200 RT
Failed MOT due to part of caliper body (fin) nearly touching disc (0.2 mm gap) with good clearance on other side of disc ..say 3mm gap between disc and caliper fin
Checking other side of wheel and same issue with the other caliper ...