| Author | Message | ||
     Deanh8 |
Why the right side, not the left? | ||
| D_adams |
Just a guess, shorter brake line from the right side handlebar. Lower material costs. | ||
| Phelan |
Harley likes to hide the brakes, whereas Buell wants you to SEE the brakes  . | ||
| Deanh8 |
/\ dean; Yeah thats what i figured, wondered if any more tech research was put into it. (Message edited by deanh8 on September 04, 2014) | ||
| Court |
>>>whereas Buell wants you to SEE the brakes That is precisely it . . . all of it. No one had ever put a rotor that large on a motorbike . . . it looked cool! | ||
| Malott442 |
It did look cool, and it still looks cool! | ||
| Buellistic |
The CAST IRON OEM Rotor that rusts is the better rotor !!! | ||
| Court |
Duh It's cast iron ....... Handles heat very well. I found a couple r&d test rotors from 1995 while cleaning crap out the other day. | ||
| Buellistic |
Just ask MR. BUELL and he will explain it to you ??? | ||
| Court |
He also has ....... I took a bunch of photos of them...... A stack of his famous composite "sandwich" rotors in the barn. Great idea ..... Never gained traction. | ||
| Lakes |
Well the jiffy stand is on the left side, so it is going to be easier to work on the front brake if you have to on the side of the road. i don't care but that's how i see it. | ||
| Buellistic |
The 1952 "K" Model had the front brake on the right side because the side stand was on the left also ... | ||
| Blu1hockey |
Let chance of getting hit by a car when you are working on it on the side of the road. But really how often is a tuber on the side of the road right?  | ||
| Buellistic |
Only THREE TIMES in 111,819.6 miles !!! BOUNCED OFF A CAR, then the DRIVE BELT, and then the FRONT MOTOR MOUNT ... (Message edited by buellistic on September 06, 2014) | ||
| Blu1hockey |
I'm still working out the problems with my bike. It's had a hard life. And I don't have the money or the knowledge yet. Slowly working it all out. Hopefully this bike will run forever. | ||
| Stev0 |
front motor mount didn't sit me on the side of the road... It did make a noise that took a bit of working out on the ride home tho .. | ||
| Buellish |
Every S2 I've owned warped the front rotor.Now I have an S3 with a warped rotor.What to do,what to do?He says with a shrug. | ||
| Phelan |
Get a Galfer rotor  . | ||
| Blu1hockey |
My front rotor ticks. It still works so I'll worry about it later. | ||
| Buellish |
Ross,I've warped two Wave Rotors.What makes the Galfer any different? | ||
| Littlebuggles |
In case you haven't verified warpage by checking for run-out, and are just putting new rotors on when it feels warped, try a different compound prior to tossing a rotor suspected as warped. Mine felt warped when I put the Lyndall Gold pads on per Al's advice, and they stopped squealing and feeling warped + improved braking under all conditions. | ||
| Skntpig |
+1 I love gold. | ||
| S2forever |
For S2, shim it properly, rotate rotor 120 degrees around, ride it a few hundreds, pulsation will disappear gradually and completely gone eventually. It worked like magic in my case at least. I will look up shims I used... New S1 style front rotor assembly I bought for S2 is for sale  (Message edited by s2forever on September 08, 2014) | ||
| 1313 |
S2forever, New S1 style front rotor assembly I bought for S2 is for sale I sent you a PM about 15 minutes ago. Sorry for the thread speedbump, 1313 | ||
| Alfau |
Every S2 I've owned warped the front rotor. Now I have an S3 with a warped rotor Holding the hand brake on while the disc is hot at traffic lights is supposed to warp disc ? | ||
| S2forever |
Mcmaster part numbers for shims (German, metric, perfect fit): 98055A213 (0.3 mm thick) 98055A212 (0.2 mm thick) Make sure there still is small play even with shims. (Message edited by s2forever on September 11, 2014) | ||
| S2forever |
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