Looking to give my brakes a bit of attention as I'm using the bike on salted roads but can't seem to find any manual/download with relevent info on these Brembos!

Just got the bike last week and was kind of horified, when checking the tighness of nuts and bolts to find the two caliper mounting bolts on both front calipers were done up to about 10Nm or so...the bikes had KTM dealer services so I think maybe the trainee's stripped a few too many bolts and is erring on the side of extreme caution or something! Either way, they're tight now so no dramas...

Looking to clean and lube the pistons but can't find any proper KTM info on the brakes...I know this sounds crazy but once I've got the calipers off the mounts, what next? Ive stripped loads of brakes before but nothing as sweet as these Brembos and just want to make sure they don't get trashed by salt in the next couple of months! Thanks in advance.

This has been a subject of much concern in the past with an aggreement that constant cleaning and care is considered crucial. Cleaning calipers carefully is a causcious cause. Just ask Clinky. You will experience nothing out of the ordinary while delving into this task. I am not so certain about the lube part but cleaning is your standard faire. The biggest care is when pushing out the pistons with the lever you watch that they all come at the same distance as they will take a path of least resistance and you will have some pistons narry move and others laying on the floor laughing at you. If you know the difference between a pipe wrench and a mozengrazen rod you will have no problems.

but would that be a metric or imperial mozengrazen rod?...

Did the brakes yesterday with no dramas. No need for diagram as they're a good, simple design...(was just worried that if unidentified parts popped out, I'd risk the front wheel locking up if put back together wrong- not good!) Popped the pistons out a bit, gave them a good clean with brake cleaner, then lubed them with brake fluid, pushed them back in, a bit of copper grease on the back of the pads and the pins and jobs a good'un. Usually use Castrol red rubber grease on the pistons/seals but it looked like it would be dificult to get right round the pistons due to the bits that hold the pads in place. Can anyone tell me if the pistons themselves start to corrode? Reckon red grease is preferable to brake fluid as it definitely helps protect seals and prevents pistons from corrosion as well. Cheers.

I had to google "mozengrazen rod "

It came up with 2 answers...1 was your post...

LOL