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The two pot NC caliper mounts to the fork leg with a bracket, but the 3 pot NC caliper has a different mounting bracket, if I recall correctly. Maybe you need the different intermediate bracket, which I think places the caliper farther out and lower. I'm not near my bikes now to verify, but a search in illustrated parts listings for 2012 DCT vs manual would confirm or deny.
I can look at my 2 pot bike vs my 3 pot bike next week and tell you if the bracket is different. It may be that the bracket difference is just the mount for the abs sensor.
Beemerphile
As a newcomer here I am very interested in your modification and impressed by your explanations. My 2014 SD could certainly benefit from a stronger front brake and I will seek a used 3 piston caliper.
How about using a bigger master cylinder? Has anyone here done that successfully?
On a non-race bike with oem single front disc setup, why wouldn't you just opt for HH friction pads instead of overhauling more expensive brake components if you wanted more performance?
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If not HH, what is the rating of the stock NC pads?
I only ask because the genuine Honda pads I recently installed on my Goldwing were HH. I’ve never taken my NC pads out so I don’t know what rating they have.
I have fresh HH pads on my NC. Front brake is recently bled. Braking is still solidly meh vs what I'm used to, especially when loaded down... then again, the brakes on my other bikes aren't stock either. The 6pot Beringer setup on my KTM costs more than half what I spent on the NC, the 4pot MotoMaster caliper and matching master on my WR450 wasn't cheap either, my SV has R6 calipers and a 19RCS master which is the cheapest of the 3.
Obviously I don't expect to recreate any of those on this bike, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't like an upgrade.